"The 'Usurper Four' Democrat majority has gone scorched earth on the state constitution and the will of millions of North Carolina voters," Cooke said in a prepared statement.
"This decision, crafted by notorious progressive idealogue Anita Earls, is designed to appease the Democrats' far-left activist base - a small but well-funded base that openly rejects the very popular voter ID law and taxpayer protections. These four justices - Anita Earls, Sam Ervin, Michael Morgan, and Robin Hudson - are guilty of voter suppression."
Hudson retired from the court when her term expired in 2022. Voters ousted Ervin in the 2022 election. Morgan retired from the court in 2023 and ran for the Democratic nomination for governor. He lost in the March primary. Only Earls remains on the state Supreme Court from the
"Usurper Four."
NC NAACP v. Moore was the subject of season one of the John Locke Foundation's
"Extreme Injustice" podcast. The case is documented at ExtremeInjustice.com. The podcast focused on efforts to disqualify Berger and fellow Republican Justice Tamara Barringer from taking part in the case. The state Supreme Court ultimately decided to allow Berger and Barringer to decide themselves whether to hear the case.
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