Cooper threatens to sue over North Carolina GOP 'power grab'
Legislation proposed by Republicans would strip the governor of some authority.
By Kevin Robillard
12/15/16 11:43 AM EST
North Carolina Gov.-elect Roy Cooper, a Democrat, on Thursday threatened to sue North Carolina's GOP-dominated state Legislature over the Republicans' push to sharply limit gubernatorial powers before Cooper takes office.
"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, 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.
"Most people might think this is a partisan power grab, but it's really more ominous," Cooper said.
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