The North Carolina Senate pushed forward legislation to bar the Democratic state attorney general from filing lawsuits against presidential executive orders.
Senate Bill 58 passed in a 29-19 party-line vote, with Republicans in the supermajority pushing the legislation forward for consideration in the state House. The bill would disable the state attorney general from participating in a lawsuit to “advance any argument that would result in the invalidation of” any “executive order issued by the President of the United States.” A House version of the bill is currently awaiting action in the other chamber.
The legislation was introduced by a group of Republicans and would hamper the powers of state Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat. Democrats opposed the measure while it was debated on the state Senate floor on Tuesday.
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