Republican North Carolina judge resigns and slams the GOP on the way out

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by Bob Brigham at the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/republican-north-carolina-judge-resigns-and-slams-the-gop-on-the-way-out/

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n a dramatic response to a power-grab by Republicans in the North Carolina legislature, a Republican judge resigned today to circumvent efforts to strip power from the Democratic governor.

The Charlotte Observer reports that following today’s surprise resignation by Republican Judge J. Douglas McCullough, Democrat John Arrowood was sworn in. Judge McCullough worked as a staffer for Senator Harrison Schmitt (R-NM) before being appointed by President Ronald Reagan as United States Attorney in the eastern district of North Carolina.

Since Democrat Roy Cooper was elected Governor of North Carolina last fall, the Republican Legislature has gone to great lengths to strip his office of power. Yet with a three-sentence resignation letter this morning, Judge McCullough has proven that not all Republicans are willing to go along with shenanigans by legislative Republicans.

North Carolina has a mandatory retirement age for judges. To prevent the Democratic Party governor from appointing replacements for Court of Appeals judges nearing forced retirement, the Republican Legislature passed a bill to shrink the size of the court from 15 to 12 judges — thereby denying the Democrat of three scheduled appointments.


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[gratuitous]

1. A Republican with integrity

That truly is a man-bites-dog story!

[patricia92243]

2. So, Republicans are evil SOB at every level of government. (Not the man

that resigned.)

[Ezior]

3. Thanks, Judge J. Douglas McCullough!

He knows democracy is not just like a team sport where it's all about winning, and fighting the other team. Well, or at least he's a fair player.

[Snackshack]

4. Wow.

Bold action by the judge. A republican putting country before party, a rarity these days. Class act!

Republicans in NC have gone completely off the rails. Shrinking the court from 15 to 12 seems not well thought out...

[wildeyed]

5. There are actually quite a few in NC.

The Republican head of the NC Board of Elections told Phil Berger and the rest of the clowns in charge of the NC GOP to piss off when they illegally challenged voters to gin up voter fraud controversy. Many Republican judges are seriously concerned about the changes too.

[Generic Brad]

6. There are patriots and people of courage out there

They are the majority. Let's not forget that.