North Carolina: Breaking News. State GOP PowerPlay. (MSNBC Joy-Ann Reid)

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Published on Dec 15, 2016
Rev. William Barber, president of Repairers of the Breach, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about North Carolina Republicans, having lost the governorship, using flood relief as an excuse for a special session to try to force through bills to weaken Democratic governing power.

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1. A republican coup d'etat is happening in NC State Legislature!

What a mess! They are stripping as much power as they can from the Governorship, before the new Democratic Governor takes office. Listen starting at about 3-min into the video.

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2. This is like a banana republic coup

The real Americans of NC must resist this with civil disobedience and boycotts. We can't let these communist republicans to get away with this.

Resistance is not futile against the republican borgs.

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3. Newly elected Dem Gov. (NC) will sue State republican's over bad laws

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-cooper-north-carolina-governor_us_5852f7b3e4b039044707b4d8

“They will see me in court,” Roy Cooper said. “And they don’t have a very good track record there.”

Republican lawmakers hastily introduced Senate Bill 4 and House Bill 17 in the state legislature late Wednesday night. Both bills would heavily limit the governor’s power if passed. The incoming governor would not be able to make appointments to certain departments, the State Board of Elections would be effectively rendered useless and potentially unconstitutional bills would be more difficult to challenge in the courts.

But Cooper made it clear during a press conference on Thursday that if he believes any legislation pushed by the Republican-controlled state Congress is unconstitutional, he will sue the parties responsible.

I hope the people in NC keep up with their activism on this. A NC Dem Gov. (and a former Attorney Gen. that knows about suing for unconstitutional acts) is soooooo needed for NC. They have had a terrible time with radical politics.

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5. It's against the "separation of powers" doctrine

of the US constitution.

Everybody in NC should read their state constitution. One clause in it states that anybody who does not believe in God is not eligible to be elected to office in NC.

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7. "...anybody who does not believe in God is not eligible to be elected to office in NC."

Wow! I had a notion the extreme politics in NC was radical-right-christian-fundamentalists.
I thought the US had a separation of church & state. Did they hear about that one? Ha!

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8. NC constitution snip

Sec. 8. Disqualifications for office.
The following persons shall be disqualified for office:
First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.

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4. Damned North Carolina Republic0ns!

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6. NC constitution link

Please, please read. Talk about establisment of religion for example.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/legislation/constitution/ncconstitution.html

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9. NC constitution snip

Sec. 6. Separation of powers.
The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers of the State government shall be forever separate and distinct from each other.

Sec. 7. Suspending laws.
All power of suspending laws or the execution of laws by any authority, without the consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and shall not be exercised.

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10. NC constitution snip

Section 1. Executive power.
The executive power of the State shall be vested in the Governor.

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11. NC constitution snip

"Sec. 4. Welfare policy; board of public welfare.
Beneficent provision for the poor, the unfortunate, and the orphan is one of the first duties of a civilized and a Christian state. Therefore the General Assembly shall provide for and define the duties of a board of public welfare."

WTF, Christian state?

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12. "Christian State"

Wow, how did that one get by?
I think their entire State Constitution needs to be brought to the Supreme Court.

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14. Heck yeah!

It's blatant "establishment of religion" NC is a theocrisy, according to their constitution.