A bipartisan three-judge panel upheld five of seven state board appointment structures the governor targeted in a lawsuit.
A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld five of seven newly constituted state boards Gov. Roy Cooper had targeted in a lawsuit. The Democratic governor had argued that all seven boards violated the state constitution because Republican lawmakers took away Cooper’s appointment powers.
A three-judge panel has denied Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for an injunction blocking recent actions from the state Environmental Management Commission. The panel made that unanimous decision Friday after a nearly three-hour hearing in a lawsuit pitting Cooper against Republican legislative leaders. The decision also dissolved a temporary restraining order against the EMC that had remained in effect for a month.
The governor's legal team worked actively to undermine a three-judge panel's decision about appointments to the Environmental Management Commission.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby has stepped into the legal battle between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders over appointments to state boards and commissions. A hearing in the case scheduled for Thursday afternoon has been delayed one week.
Lawyers for Gov. Roy Cooper returned to court Thursday afternoon to fight recent changes in appointments to North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission. A Superior Court judge granted Cooper a temporary restraining order blocking the EMC's most recent actions.
Top state legislative leaders are asking a Superior Court panel to dismiss Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawsuit challenging changes to appointments for selected state boards and commissions. The panel granted Cooper an injunction on Nov. 1 blocking changes for three boards.
A three-judge Superior Court panel has blocked part of a new state law that shifts some government board appointment powers from Gov. Roy Cooper to the Republican-controlled General Assembly or other executive officers. The judges granted a preliminary injunction against changes to appointments to the state Economic Investment Committee, Commission for Public Health, and Board of Transportation. Judges refused to block changes to the Environmental Management Commission and Coastal Resources Commission.
Gov. Roy Cooper has lodged an objection in Wake County Superior Court in his challenge to new state laws limiting his appointment powers. The court refused to hold a hearing on Cooper’s request for a temporary restraining order. Instead a three-judge panel will hold a Nov. 1 hearing on Cooper's pursuit of a preliminary injunction.
Only the dissenting justice remains from a 2016 case dealing with the General Assembly's appointment powers.
State lawmakers' decision to take a pass on Senate Bill 851 marks a missed opportunity for needed government reform.
