North Carolina General Assembly Strips Executive and Legal Powers from Governor and Attorney General
By Marge Farrington | Published 2026-08-19T15:13:29.446Z
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Raleigh -- August 19, 2026: The Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation that systematically stripped key constitutional and statutory powers from both the Governor and the Attorney General.
Raleigh -- August 19, 2026: The Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation that systematically stripped key constitutional and statutory powers from both the Governor and the Attorney General.Through Senate Bill 382, Republican legislative supermajorities used a veto override to force through sweeping structural shifts. Packaged within a broad legislative measure, the new law dismantled long-standing executive authorities across elections, court appointments, regu