Judges halt hearings for North Carolina governor's cabinet members
Source: Reuters
By Colleen Jenkins | WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
A three-judge panel in North Carolina has temporarily blocked lawmakers from holding confirmation hearings for nominees to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's cabinet, a ruling Republican leaders slammed as a "blatant overstep" of authority. The judges said in their order Tuesday evening that Cooper was likely to succeed in his challenge of a measure legislators passed in December requiring state Senate confirmation of cabinet appointments.
The requirement was among a series of measures approved by the Republican-dominated legislature curtailing Cooper's executive authority after he defeated incumbent Republican Governor Pat McCrory last fall.
Republican leaders have said the changes were lawful and would serve as a check on executive power. Cooper said requiring Senate consent to his cabinet secretaries was unprecedented and unconstitutional.
The temporary restraining order halted a hearing set for Wednesday to review Cooper's appointee for secretary of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-carolina-politics-idUSKBN15N25I
Friend or Foe
(195 posts)Snowflakes!
Initech
(99,909 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,651 posts)He is in a kettle of fish, and he is fighting hard and standing for common sense
THIS is what we need!!!
geretogo
(1,281 posts)Totalitarian rule arrives in America . America ; the " EXCEPTIONAL " Banana Republic .
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Just like the Communist Party in Russia. We have the President tweeting about 'so-called' judges, we have the Congress silencing a sitting (Dem) Senator. We have the North Carolina legislature talking about a 'blatant overstep' by the Judiciary stepping in after they were unhappy about losing the governorship to a Dem and passed legislation stripping the new Gov of his ability to hire the people he wanted, while the US Congress blithely approves Cabinet nominees who are either completely unqualified for the job, or whose whole philosophy is antithetical to the goals of the Dept they are supposed to run.
God help the person who goes to Daniel Webster's grave:
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead ----- or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunderstorm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, "Dan'l Webster ----- Dan'l Webster!" the ground'll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you'll hear a deep voice saying, "Neighbor, how stands the Union?" Then you better answer the Union stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible, or he's liable to rear right out of the ground. At least, that's what I was told when I was a youngster.
by steven vincent benet
Where is Daniel when we need him?
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)A one-party system designed to enforce a caste system.
GeoWilliam750
(2,519 posts)Maybe it is time to pay our respects: we could use a little help from such a fine orator.
Also, am I correct in thinking that although Trump campaigned in Vermont and Massachusetts, he was never seen in New Hampshire?