In Tuesday’s 2022 midterm elections, Republican candidates came out ahead in the state’s six statewide judicial races.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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redistricting in danger
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 4:43 pm
By: John Steed
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Three former N.C. Supreme Court justices, all Republicans, are urging the current court not to move forward with forcibly removing colleagues from a high-profile voter ID case.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 8:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Newby’s election completed a Republican sweep of eight statewide judicial seats, including three at the Supreme Court and five on the Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When selecting justices to sit on North Carolina’s highest court, it helps voters to have access to that court’s decisions in major cases.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As candidate filing closed, many exciting races and storylines began to take shape in federal and statewide races.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 @ 7:29 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Whatever the three-judge Superior Court panel decides about Common Cause v. Lewis, a challenge to the constitutionality of North Carolina’s legislative districts, is relevant only if the plaintiffs win.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A court battle over legislative redistricting escalated Tuesday, July 2, into a tug-of-war over records that may or may not be considered public.
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 10:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mark Davis said he is the happiest person in North Carolina after being appointed to a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, is not so pleased
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Citing Gov. Roy Cooper's own words about government "balance," a leading N.C. senator is calling on the governor to elevate a Republican to serve as the next chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anna Louise Hanle Woolard, 91, of US Hwy 17 N, Washington, NC went to be with her heavenly Father on January 24, 2019 at 5 pm
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 @ 3:14 pm
By: Announcements
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Much recent political commentary about North Carolina's Supreme Court focuses on the 5-2 majority that Democrats will gain in January
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that Democrats have erased the GOP's veto-proof majorities for the 2019 legislative session, Republican lawmakers could try to rush initiatives through a lame duck legislative session scheduled for Nov. 27, a top political observer says
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 2:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election Day has come and gone. Some good things happened, some didn't.
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following are the statewide election results for elections in Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In the heat of partisan battle, much discussion about North Carolina’s Supreme Court election focuses on the current split between the court’s Republicans and Democrats
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unaffiliated North Carolina voters are trending Republican, the conservative Civitas Institute found in its latest statewide poll. Even so, the Democratic Party maintains a lead on the generic ballot
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 9:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court, voters are the highest-ranking judges
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Democrats have traditionally used courts as political chess pieces, but Republicans are trying - mistakenly - to turn the game in their favor by making institutional changes to boost party power, experts say
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A handful of lawsuits which threatened to upend North Carolina's November elections resolved quietly over the past few days
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Anglin won his court fight to run on the GOP ticket for Supreme Court justice in the Nov. 6 general election
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The continuing court fights over constitutional amendments, congressional districts, and other election issues have placed North Carolina in national headlines
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh attorney Chris Anglin has won his fight to run as a Republican for the Supreme Court in the Nov. 6 general election. Republican legislative leaders have thrown in the towel
Published: Saturday, September 1st, 2018 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin has offered to withdraw from the race if the courts don't restore his affiliation as a Republican to the Nov. 6 general election ballot
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2018 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the courts rule against laws our legislature has passed, which they often do, it never seems to enter lawmakers' minds that those rulings are because of their own wrongheaded notions
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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State Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin got a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon in Wake County Superior Court, potentially restoring his Republican Party label for the Nov. 6 general election ballot
Published: Saturday, August 18th, 2018 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Conference of the NAACP and Clean Air Carolina are asking Wake County Superior Court to strip four proposed constitutional amendments from the Nov. 6 general election ballot
Published: Thursday, August 16th, 2018 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led General Assembly wasted no time Saturday, Aug. 4, batting down a pair of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes dealing with constitutional amendments
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 10:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The minority party enjoys few advantages in North Carolina's General Assembly. Among them? Members of that party can occupy the ethical high ground when those in power engage in shenanigans
Published: Thursday, August 9th, 2018 @ 1:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chris Anglin was a relatively unknown late addition to a state Supreme Court race.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly sent Gov. Roy Cooper a bill changing how proposed constitutional amendments will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Republicans have officially made endorsements in the 2018 statewide judicial races
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2018 @ 1:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the second straight election cycle, a race for a single seat on the N.C. Supreme Court could end up playing a more important role than most voters realize
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Having selected our usual annual location, the Dare Center in Manteo, the energized Dare County Republican Party met Saturday March 10th 2018 to renew friendships, confirm resolutions which cement our mutual commitments to our US and NC Constitutions and to support President Donald Trump, our electe
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 5:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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