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The state Senate’s budget includes a plan to give the legislature more power to pick judges.

And so, this is just the beginning. there could be legal challenges down the road, and in fact, democrats are planning on challenging this in courts. so we'll see where it goes. >> ohio governor john kasich took issue with this. he basically said what democrats are saying and when you look at this, rebecca, it's very clear that there are powers that will be limited, whether it's appointment powers, for instance. there's a series of things that are going to be pared down for the governor in the incoming democratic a.g. >> absolutely. and these measures also limit what evers is able to do in ter...

He takes office saturday. polo sandoval has more on the story. ta court weighs in. what did it decide? >> cooper took his fight to court to get full power when he's sworn into office. as part of the lawsuit, he requested a restraining order asking a set of republican-backed laws be blocked from taking effe they s they were passed by lawmakers and signed by the outgoing governor two weeks ago. the laws also happen to limit the powers of soon-to-be goc nor cooper. today a north carolina superior judge granted the request and set the matter for a hearing next week. we understand that at least one...

Unanimous vote was basically the same deal that they've had, that they rejected a couple of times earlier this year. you know, you talked about the session last week. the special sessions where they sort of cut the incoming governor's needs off. consult the incoming governor's powers off and cost them a lot of appointment powers and other powers, and now they're working with him to pass this reappeal of hb2. the new governor, incoming governor roy cooper, the democrat, on the phone sunday night allegedly with leaders of the legislature as well as democratic members. city council to work all th...

Statehouse from the beginning of this remarkable saga this week. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> do you expect that governor mccrory will sign this second bill that takes away so much power from the new governor? >> well, i think the like i hadhood is he probably will, but he's not said definitively one way or the other whether he plans to sign it. in the last hour released a news release praising the bill he did line about the election law. but one of the interesting questions for him, this is a bill that deals with the governor's appointment powers is the governor ...