{"id":25495,"date":"2016-12-17T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25495"},"modified":"2016-12-17T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:51:05","slug":"mccrorystan-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/mccrorystan-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"McCrorystan Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frankly, I thought we were done with the Republican Racist Theocracy of McCrorystan and its TEAfuhrer, Pat McCrory, after Roy Cooper destined him to unemployment lines and prowling Ladies Rooms in search of transgender women.  Unfortunately, he is taking a parting shot with the help of the state’s fascist legislature.<\/font><\/p>\n

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North Carolina Gov.-elect Roy Cooper on Thursday threatened to file a lawsuit against the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature over Republicans’ push to sharply limit gubernatorial powers before Cooper takes office.<\/p>\n

"If I believe these measures are unconstitutional, they will see me in court and they don’t have a good track record there," Cooper, currently the state attorney general and a Democrat, said at a news conference. Cooper said the Legislature was pushing to pass major changes to the state’s laws "in the dark of night with little debate." The new bills are being considered as part of a special session originally convened to consider disaster relief.<\/p>\n

"Most people might think this is a partisan power grab, but it’s really more ominous," Cooper said…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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More ominous indeed.  There is no precedent, as Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow confirm.<\/font><\/p>\n

A ‘legislative coup’ in North Carolina<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The GOP-led legislature moves to sharply reduce the power of new Democratic governor Roy Cooper before he even takes office.<\/p>\n