Source: WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 5/29/18

A panel of North Carolina trial court judges has rejected arguments by a government reform group and local residents that a special session of the General Assembly violated the state constitution. The case centers on a December 2016 session in which Republicans passed laws tilting the balance of power toward the legislative branch and away from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Those moves came just two weeks before Cooper was sworn in after he narrowly defeated GOP Gov. Pat McCrory.

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