What would happen if, just before the tip-off to a basketball game, the referees announced that they were awarding one of the teams a 15-point lead at the beginning of the game?
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 6:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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On Wednesday, state lawmakers released newly drawn maps for congressional districts and state House and Senate districts.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 2:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Not all county splits are created equal.
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2024 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More and more frequently I am asked: What can we do when our legislature doesn’t pass laws not supported by the majority, favoring instead the minority?
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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“We have a responsibility to our party, our members, and donors to ensure that our energy, efforts, and financial resources are being used to support the candidates with the best chance of winning,” said David Merrill.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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our Congressional district moves westward, loses Onslow and Currituck
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 10:57 am
By: John Steed
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The U.S. Supreme Court's Moore v. Harper redistricting ruling could have an impact soon over Ohio's legal dispute involving a congressional election map.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 3:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In what has to be a landmark decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state legislatures do not have unchecked power over federal elections.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina General Assembly will hold opening ceremonies to kick off the 2023 legislative session. In odd-numbered years, legislators hold a “long session” starting in January.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) removed and then reposted a listing on his political action committee website offering signed copies of the official January 6th Committee Report for $100 — which he now says will benefit charity.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 12:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Wisconsin Republicans challenging “redistricting” efforts from Democrats in the state, throwing out legislative maps drawn by Democratic Governor Tony Evers and adopted by its highest court, The Washington Post reported.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 4:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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The U.S. solicitor general will take part in U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments next month in Moore v. Harper. It's a case dealing with a dispute over North Carolina's congressional election map.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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N.C. legislative leaders raise concerns about a Democratic state Supreme Court law clerk who's running for a state House seat.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 12:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sometimes simple explanations aren’t enough. That’s certainly the case with a North Carolina lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 7:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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N.C. lawmakers accuse redistricting plaintiffs of trying to "disestablish" the General Assembly's authority to draw state election maps.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) scramble for the one seat left on New York’s new district map, the attacks are getting personal.
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 4:07 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The first step in solving a problem is recognizing you have one. Republicans have belatedly identified a big one of theirs, which goes by the name Eric Holder. Let the state supreme court campaigns begin.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 4:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To paraphrase Alice, who used the term to describe her adventures in Wonderland, election politics in America is getting “curiouser and curiouser.” North Carolina has been in the forefront of innovation and implementation
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It seems this patriotic national hero, along with his twin brother Yevgeny, are featured in a Ken Burns documentary America. This was filmed long before our beloved hero was offered the job of Ukrainian Secretary of War, as recognition for his selfless service in the role of Ukrainian-American...
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 12:00 am
By: Guy Miller
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Obama judge was to draw own racially gerrymandered districts tomorrow
Published: Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: John Steed
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will give GOP four more Congressional seats
Published: Saturday, May 21st, 2022 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Steed
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A new Civitas poll shows that Republican candidates running for U.S. Congress and the state legislature in North Carolina are in good shape heading into the 2022 midterm election.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The term “Gerrymandering” refers to the act of manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to achieve some political advantage.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 1:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Different methods and different data can lead to very different results
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2022 @ 11:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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I previously wrote how the General Assembly could use the findings of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to help them draw congressional districts in compliance with the North Carolina Supreme Court’s February 4 ruling in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall.
Published: Saturday, February 26th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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state legislative redistricting settled - Beaufort Cty in GOP districts
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 11:53 am
By: John Steed
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