It shouldn’t be a surprise the bullies at Obama’s
DOJ is suing the state of North Carolina over our voter ID laws. It should also be no surprise that Governor
Pat McCrory is hiring an outside attorney to defend the citizens of the Old
North State instead of employing our State’s Attorney General, Roy Cooper,
which is an epic slap in the face.
RALEIGH — Attorney General Roy Cooper said Tuesday that it is an
“unnecessary expense” for Gov. Pat McCrory to hire an outside attorney to
represent North Carolina against the Obama administration’s lawsuit challenging
the state’s new voting law.
“Our office continues to have the primary
responsibility to defend the state,” Cooper told reporters. “Our staff will
continue to do that.”
The Democrat’s remarks sparked a political
blame game about how the state is defending the lawsuit – one with implications
for 2016, when Cooper is considering challenging the Republican governor.
Responding to Cooper’s remarks, Bob Stephens,
McCrory’s chief legal counsel, said the cost “falls squarely at the feet of the
attorney general.”
Stephens questioned Cooper’s ability to defend
the state and recommended hiring an outside attorney after Cooper made critical
comments about the voting bill earlier this year.
“I was concerned then and I’m concerned today
that the comments that he has made (against) this legislation has compromised
his ability to represent the state of North Carolina,” Stephens told reporters
in a hastily scheduled briefing hours after Cooper’s remarks. Stephens compared
it to a defendant’s attorney standing on a street corner and announcing “that
you were guilty.
I don’t trust Attorney General Roy Cooper
either. When it came time to defend the
citizens of North Carolina against Obamacare he refused to do so. Here is his reasoning:
"This office
should not attempt to enforce state legislation that clearly violates federal
law," Cooper said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Another
issue is unintended consequences. While it is unenforceable as to federal law,
it could be enforceable as to existing state law."
"State legislatures
cannot pick and choose which federal laws the state will obey," Cooper
wrote to Perdue, pointing to federal rules requiring body scans of pat downs at
airports about which many North Carolina residents complain. "The same
principle applies here as with other federal laws, even those laws we don't
like or agree with."
Governor McCrory is wise not to trust this
man.
Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/01/3244928/roy-cooper-questions-pat-mccrory.html#storylink=cpy
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