North Carolina’s new $300 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R). The Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops for short — is empowered to seize “any document or system of record” from anyone who works in or with state and local government during its investigations. The rule applies to contractors, subcontractors, and any other non-state entity “receiving, directly and indirectly, public funds,” including charities and state universities.
seems like a violation of the 4th amendment but knowing the current supreme court they’ll rule it doesn’t apply to state laws (but the 2nd amendment does!)
The constitution only applies when the billionaires giving them huge bribes say it does. Couldn’t be simpler.