North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is taking legal action to prevent the federal government from sharing Treasury Department payments.

North Carolina Republicans are once again seeking to curb the power of one of the state’s elected Democrats. A bill filed Wednesday in the state Senate would prevent Attorney General Jeff Jackson from joining lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

Three Republican lawmakers introduced a brief, one-page bill on Wednesday to prevent recently sworn-in Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson from participating in lawsuits against President Donald Trump ’s executive actions.

Republican legislators in North Carolina want to block the state’s attorney general from fighting presidential executive orders in court. Senate Bill 58, filed by three Republicans in the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday,