“If the General Assembly were a major league franchise, the front office would be looking to make some major changes in the on-field leadership. A D-league performance simply does not cut it. In six high-profile court cases testing laws passed by the N.C. General Assembly, the current legislative leadership stands 0 and 6.

These are costly legal battles with legislative leaders shelling out hundreds of thousands, if not millions of taxpayer dollars to handpicked lawyers to help plead their losing cases. The big test the work of a legislature faces: Does it withstand the intense scrutiny of a legal challenge. With other high-profile cases now pending in the courts, including HB2, it could get even worse.

State or federal courts have rejected the legislature on: