Thread by @RRHElections

This is a pretty amazing story happening in North Carolina involving Dems efforts to disqualify 2 duly elected GOP Supreme Court judges from ruling on case that would overturn 2 voter-approved constitutional amendments on voter ID & income tax 👇 1/6
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In 2018 North Carolina voters overwhelmingly voted to amend state constitution to require photo identification for voting (passed with 55% of vote) & to lower the maximum state income tax rate from 10% to 7% (passed with 57% of vote). Democrats opposed but Amendments & lost. 2/6

Instead of accepting defeat & will of voter NC Dems decided to sue. Democrats have a narrow 4-3 majority on NC Supreme Court but Democrat Jimmy Ervin is up for re-election in 2022 & does not want to be the vote to raise taxes & overturn will of voters before his re-election. 3/6

So Democrats devised a plan to use their 4-3 majority on the court to disqualify 2 duly elected GOP Supreme Court Justices Tamara Barringer & Phil Berger Jr from ruling on the case which would allow Ervin to vote no & still overturn the 2 Amendments. 4/6
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State House Republicans have found a way to fight back at this Democrat power grab. They have made it clear that they will impeach any NC Supreme Court Justice who votes to disqualify Barringer & Berger from ruling on the 2 cases. 5/6

In North Carolina Supreme Court Judges are immediately suspended from ruling on cases if they are impeached by the NC House. So if the Democrat judges vote to disqualify elected 2 GOP judges from ruling the state House will disqualify the 4 Democrat judges from ruling. 😂 6/6