Here are the Woodshed quick takes immediately following the oral arguments. In-depth coverage from Carolina Journal will follow. This post will also be updated.
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to regulate congressional redistricting
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House and Senate pleased overall with the results of the General Election.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With election upon us, the constant stream of campaign ads that most of us cannot seem to get away from has only steadily increased.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 4:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Nov. 8, there will be 84 Supreme Court seats on the ballot in 30 states.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Die-hard politicos, pundits and partisans waited into early morning hours before getting real clarity on election winners and losers.
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2022 @ 1:04 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled Dec. 7 for oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 3:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In November, voters will head to the polls, and millions of North Carolinians will turn out to vote, but only a percentage of those will fill out their entire ballot.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the weeks ahead whether the General Assembly must redraw election maps again for the 2024 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Pennsylvania state Senate Republicans are throwing their support behind N.C. legislative leaders in the Moore v. Harper case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that state courts' decision to throw out a congressional election map is "irreconcilable" with the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal against a court-ordered congressional map. The map is valid only for 2022 elections.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Foes of N.C. legislative election maps want the state Supreme Court to speed up its consideration of their legal challenge.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 5:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislative leaders and their redistricting critics could battle over court-ordered fees for the work of special masters.
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) President Dee Duncan released the following statement in response to tonight’s primary results in North Carolina:
Published: Saturday, May 21st, 2022 @ 9:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Florida Democrats reportedly erupted Thursday on the House floor as they were powerless to stop the Republican-led body from passing a new congressional map that is expected to yield favorable results for the GOP.
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 @ 7:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On March 10th our General Assembly adjourned a session that spanned 14 months, starting in January of 2021.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to deny N.C. legislators’ request to block a court-drawn congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It should have come as no surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the maps approved by North Carolina’s high court.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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State legislative leaders are giving U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts more reasons to back their request for emergency Supreme Court action on North Carolina’s disputed congressional map.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 8:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While state lawmakers urge the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the 2022 N.C. Congressional maps, filing in the map’s district races is over, for now.
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today the RNC, NRCC, and North Carolina GOP filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court to support North Carolina Republicans’ right to draw and uphold their congressional maps.
Published: Friday, March 4th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly did not convene this week, but there was still activity in Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 8:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It may be faster and easier to reverse-engineer maps to fit the findings of expert witnesses
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary has restarted across North Carolina. Filing for the primary and rescheduled municipal elections will continue through March 4.
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 9:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The legislature's remedial maps are compliant with the court's order so there is no reason to consider plaintiffs' maps
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court is refusing to insert itself back into the state’s legal dispute over legislative and congressional redistricting at this time.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan unanimous three-judge panel has upheld newly drawn maps for North Carolina’s legislative elections. But the same panel has rejected a revised map for congressional elections.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 11:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers defending their latest election maps are urging a three-judge panel to avoid conducting a “beauty contest” over competing plans.
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 11:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Many are probably familiar with the ads targeting North Carolina’s latest redistricting case, known as the Harper vs. Hall case, over the last few weeks.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the Biden administration and Congress struggle with plummeting approval numbers, a battle is being waged in North Carolina and other states over who will control the drawing of congressional districts.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 1:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly did not convene this week to conduct votes on any pending legislation.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 6:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief in two cases currently before the North Carolina Supreme Court urging the Court to ensure that state elections are conducted under fair maps that are free from partisan gerrymandering.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 @ 12:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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