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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Restricts Attorney General from Challenging Presidential Executive Orders
Last action · February 17, 2025: Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added (House action)Sponsors: Keith Kidwell and 7 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina prohibits the Attorney General from participating in out-of-state court actions that argue for the invalidation of any issued by the President of the United States, effective when the act becomes law.
The measure alters the scope of legal actions the state's top attorney can take in courts outside North Carolina, specifically regarding federal s and state statutes.
Who It Would Affect
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Attorney General
The Attorney General is legally barred from participating in out-of-state court actions that seek to invalidate presidential executive orders.
Key Facts
- The Attorney General is prohibited from participating as a party, amicus, or in any other capacity in state or federal courts in other states to advance arguments invalidating any presidential executive order.
- The restriction applies to actions filed or commenced on or after the date the act becomes law.
- The legislation amends G.S. 114-2.8, building upon prior limitations enacted by Section 3D.1 of S.L. 2024-57.
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Currently on floor. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Passed.
Procedural history
6 actions- Feb 17, 2025HouseSerial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
- Feb 17, 2025HouseSerial Referral To Judiciary 1 Added
- Feb 17, 2025HouseSerial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- Feb 11, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Feb 11, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Expansion of Out-of-State Litigation Limits
The bill builds directly on previous restrictions established in S.L. 2024-57 by adding presidential executive orders to the existing ban on challenging state statutes outside North Carolina.
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- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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