You paint an accurate depressing picture, and while right wing media probably are not even covering the power grab, MSNBC was all over it last night. What a great picture it paints of our state.
I hope there will be numerous legal challenges to what the General Assembly has done. Those cases will most certainly rise up the appellate ladder to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Perhaps stays will be issued until the constitutional issues are adjudicated. It seems to me that the initial arguments put forward by Cooper and Stein regarding the SBI director are strong. Whether that will matter to the Republicans on the Supreme Court remains to be seen. One might counsel them, to reference a famous admonition, first they (the General Assembly) came for the Council of State, and we said nothing. Then they came to disenfranchise the electorate, and we said nothing, ... And then they came for us. Trump has modeled disregard for the judicial system. If somehow the U.S. Supreme Court should ever dare to rule against him, we shall see if Trump respects their decision.
It’s incorrect to say there’s nobody to stop them. All that’s needed is someone the time, energy and commitment to lead a top-to-bottom revolt at the ballot box by the voters. Get the ball rolling and people and money will follow. It could be the motivating message behind Roy Cooper’s campaign for Senate: “Take back our State.” Why not?
Many of us are exhausted by the last election’s results after the enormous time and money many of us invested in our excellent local and state candidates. There are now two choices: sit back and let them destroy the state’s economy and reap the left overs, or keep fighting and realize that all wars are won by perseverance. And we must keep the amazing Anderson Clayton as our chair.
You paint an accurate depressing picture, and while right wing media probably are not even covering the power grab, MSNBC was all over it last night. What a great picture it paints of our state.
I hope there will be numerous legal challenges to what the General Assembly has done. Those cases will most certainly rise up the appellate ladder to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Perhaps stays will be issued until the constitutional issues are adjudicated. It seems to me that the initial arguments put forward by Cooper and Stein regarding the SBI director are strong. Whether that will matter to the Republicans on the Supreme Court remains to be seen. One might counsel them, to reference a famous admonition, first they (the General Assembly) came for the Council of State, and we said nothing. Then they came to disenfranchise the electorate, and we said nothing, ... And then they came for us. Trump has modeled disregard for the judicial system. If somehow the U.S. Supreme Court should ever dare to rule against him, we shall see if Trump respects their decision.
It’s incorrect to say there’s nobody to stop them. All that’s needed is someone the time, energy and commitment to lead a top-to-bottom revolt at the ballot box by the voters. Get the ball rolling and people and money will follow. It could be the motivating message behind Roy Cooper’s campaign for Senate: “Take back our State.” Why not?
Many of us are exhausted by the last election’s results after the enormous time and money many of us invested in our excellent local and state candidates. There are now two choices: sit back and let them destroy the state’s economy and reap the left overs, or keep fighting and realize that all wars are won by perseverance. And we must keep the amazing Anderson Clayton as our chair.
Thomas, you hit the bullseye again. Just like Pluckett of Tammany Hall is quoted as saying "I seen my opportunities and I took em" Mark Rodin