North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory repeals judicial appointments order
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January 13, 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina's new Republican Governor Pat McCrory has repealed a law signed by his Democratic predecessor, Beverly Perdue, as his first executive order. The former law had created a nonpartisan statewide commission to nominate new judges, removing the power from the Governor. The Governor still would have made the ultimate appointment, but would have selected judges from a pool recommended by the nonpartisan commission. McCrory's action abolishes the new commission, bringing judicial appointments solely under the Governor's responsibilities once again.[1]
Governor McCrory has said that he too is concerned about political influence over the judiciary, but believes that Perdue's law was not the best way to address that concern, and did not work as intended.[1] Perdue faced criticism from both parties at the end of her term, when she suspended the law and made several appointments, circumventing the much longer commission process.[1]
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