WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: NC GOP Strips Governor Powers (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg lave Reef exploring

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<v Speaker 1>legal issues in the news, and Today Bloomberg Laho student

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<v Speaker 1>Grosso and Michael Best discuss attempts by North Carolina's legislature

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<v Speaker 1>at a strict power from the state's incoming Democratic governor.

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<v Speaker 1>They speak with Michael Gerhard, a professor at UNC School

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<v Speaker 1>of Law, and Robert Courstad, a professor at Duke University. Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>this looks like a blatant attempt to subvert the will

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<v Speaker 1>of the people who voted for change with Cooper. But

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<v Speaker 1>is it legal? Well, that's a really good question. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's not much doubt. This is just a

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<v Speaker 1>transparent sort of um act of sort of political will

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<v Speaker 1>on the part of the Republican majority to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>Tyroy Cooper's hands and weaken his governorship. UM. Whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>legal or not, I think is that someone uh cover question.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no obviously knock out paunched, no obvious reason

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<v Speaker 1>why it's illegal. Maybe one basis on which it could

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<v Speaker 1>be challenged is the state contitution does typically does best

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<v Speaker 1>authority UM in the state Board of Education, which is

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<v Speaker 1>has been weakened and redesigned pursuing to this law. So

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<v Speaker 1>there may well be a challenge under state law. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's some other federal issues that may deal with deluding

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<v Speaker 1>the federal vote here as well, but those are longer shots. Robert.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if you've been in government at all, you

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<v Speaker 1>hear people talk about when there's an outgoing administration, the

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<v Speaker 1>desire to figure out ways to lock in their accomplishments

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<v Speaker 1>and keep whatever policies they think are great in place.

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<v Speaker 1>But usually, you know, there's an acceptance that you have

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<v Speaker 1>to that the new the new administration, whoever it is,

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<v Speaker 1>is going to do what they're gonna do, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pursuing to their policies. Is there any precedent for this

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<v Speaker 1>sort of thing, Well, I don't know. There's no no

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<v Speaker 1>real precedent in North Carolina. I means, surely after changes

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<v Speaker 1>of administrations between different political parties, which has only happened

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of times in the twenty century in North Carolina. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the party in power tries to do a

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<v Speaker 1>few things, perhaps to protect jobs or to protect some

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<v Speaker 1>things that they put in place. But uh, this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of uh, you know, messing with the governor's ability to

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<v Speaker 1>uh to nominate people to the Board of Elections, the

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<v Speaker 1>the his his ability to nominate trustees to the U

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<v Speaker 1>n C school system, all of these things that are

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<v Speaker 1>things that, uh, we've never seen in the history North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>So even though it it gets tagged by the Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>it's just partisan politics as usual, there's really something quite

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<v Speaker 1>new about what they're doing. And it's Robert Corstad, a

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<v Speaker 1>professor at Duke University, and Michael Gerhard, a professor at

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<v Speaker 1>U n C School of Law, speaking with Bloomberg Law, Hoos,

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<v Speaker 1>Student Grosso and Michael Mest. You can listen to Bloomberg

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