RALEIGH – The Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) today has filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina Attorney General alleging that he illegally funneled settlement money to special interest groups.
Article IX, Section 7 of the North Carolina Constitution says that “all moneys, stocks, bonds, and other property belonging to a county school fund, and the clear proceeds of all penalties and forfeitures and of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws of the State, shall belong to and remain in the several counties, and shall be faithfully appropriated and used exclusively for maintaining free public schools.”
Attorney General Cooper has clearly violated the North Carolina Constitution and legal precedent set by the State Supreme Court as detailed in our complaint filed today by Paul Stam on behalf of CLF.
Civitas President Francis De Luca said, “It is the job of the Attorney General to facilitate justice in our state, not undermine it. By handing over funds to special interests, funds which he is legally required to allocate to public education in our state, Roy Cooper has not just short-changed our education system, he has directly violated the North Carolina constitution.”
While you are at it I think it would be great if you sued him on behalf of the state of North Carolina to return his salary as he has not fulfilled his duty to our state. He took his salary then ran for office, he refused to represent us with the attack on HB2, and for Voter ID. He is derelict in his duty, and should return the money of the State of North Carolina back to the State Treasury.
Will you post a copy of the filing without the “DRAFT” stamp?
What has happened to the Democrat Party? Are many deciding that the tax money is their own to spend or waste as they please?
Will this lawsuit also affect North Carolina State Treasurer, Democrat Janet Cowell, who is directly responsible for overseeing the financial operations of North Carolina’s state government?
Will this put Democrat Janet Cowell’s elected office into jeopardy?
Hope this hamstrings LOTs o democrackkks statewide! Can you believe that Roy Cooper is the best the ‘crackkks could muster to run ? Course, as a criminal, he fits right in, but what a mealy mouthed nothing of a non leader.
He’s pathetic.
It is deplorable that he is running for governor. He didn’t defend HB2 that stops men from coming into women restrooms and voter ID that could have stopped all the illegal voting going on all over the country. If North Carolina voters want stop voter fraud we need to show ID to vote.
To Helen: are you saying prior to HB2 it was legal for men to enter women’s bathrooms? Even if it was, how will HB2 actually stop this from happening? The same way speed limits stop people from speeding?
With respect to voter fraud, “Between 2000 and 2010 there were 649 million votes cast in general elections and 13 cases of in-person voter impersonation convictions” according to voter fraud facts.com. Numerous other studies can be found supporting similar findings.
These are both non-issues.