Reporter covering North Carolina's #HB370 — which looks like it's coming up for a vote today — found a way not to mention the Fourth Amendment until the seventh paragraph of a story whose headline ignores the existence of significant constitutional questions. Not good!
NC Gov. @RoyCooperNC has said the bill is unconstitutional. How do you write a story about this fed'l power grab that would be forced on local sheriffs by state gov't (essentially an unfunded mandate, due to the likely lawsuits that would result) w/out highlighting that reality?
Here we go. NC #HB370 is coming to a vote today:
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The story in NC is actually that, when told that newly elected sheriffs were going to require constitutionally adequate process be put in place before they detained people, ICE ignored them and instead urged the GOP to change state law and force those sheriffs to comply. #HB370
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Bloop.
So, @BrendenJonesNC just coming right out and saying he doesn’t care if North Carolina officials violate the US Constitution. Interesting strategy.
Update: #HB370 passed the North Carolina legislature. Now Gov. @RoyCooperNC, who has called the bill unconstitutional, needs to act on that and veto this.
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