Philip E. Berger is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 8, 1952 in New Rochelle, New Rochelle, United States. In 2017, the Supreme Court chose not to take up the case, allowing the lower court’s decision to stand.
In 2019, a North Carolina judge offered an opinion that the General Assembly was illegally constituted and unable to make law. However, the Governor did enroll the amendment and it remains a portion of the Constitution. Further court proceedings are underway.
In 2016, Berger authored voter ID legislation that was deemed to “target African Americans with almost surgical precision. The opinion was written by Diana Motz, a Judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and was criticized by Berger as a “decision by three partisan Democrats.” The three judges working on the case were appointed by Democratic Presidents; however, only two have been directly associated with the Democratic party.
An attorney born in New York, Berger was first elected to the North Carolina Senate in 2000. He became minority (Republican) leader in 2004, and in 2010, he was selected by his fellow Republicans as their choice for the next Senate President Pro Tem. Berger was officially elected president pro tem when the legislature opened on January 26, 2011.
In 2018, a referendum for a Constitutional amendment was approved by a majority of voters. Berger voted to pass legislation that would enroll the amendment later in the year during a lame-duck session.
