Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses North Carolina’s new congressional and legislative election maps.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 4:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the latest debate over North Carolina’s congressional election map.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina's new state Senate election map seek a Feb. 15 ruling from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 7:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A retirees' group working with high-profile Democratic lawyer Marc Elias is suing in federal court to block North Carolina's 30-day residency requirement for voters.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Allison Riggs was appointed Monday to the state’s Supreme Court by Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper to fill the seat vacated by N.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan.
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2023 @ 9:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Moore v. Harper, 6-3, that state courts can review congressional election maps drawn by legislatures. The ruling affirms a 2022 decision by North Carolina's Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the potential impact for Congress of a recent N.C. Supreme Court ruling dealing with election maps.
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 6:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Parties in the Moore v. Harper redistricting case have split on the issue of whether the U.S. Supreme Court should decide the case.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 6:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court wants new briefs by May 11 in the high-profile Moore v. Harper redistricting case. The briefs will help the court decide whether to keep or dismiss the case.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers working on the U.S. Supreme Court's Moore v. Harper redistricting case have alerted the court to a related decision Friday from North Carolina's top court.
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a trio of rulings Friday, the N.C. Supreme Court restored the state's voter ID law, took state courts out of partisan gerrymandering disputes, and ended voting for felons who have not completed their sentences.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 5:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the new North Carolina General Assembly session commences in January 2023, a mix of old and new faces will be present, along with revisiting some old issues and brand-new ones.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will look much different in 2023. Voters decided in November to oust one incumbent Democrat from the state’s highest court.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voters in Wisconsin head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the balance of the state Supreme Court in one of the most expensive court races in history.
Published: Thursday, April 27th, 2023 @ 6:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Justice Department and lawyers representing Republican legislative leaders take opposite stances in new Moore v. Harper briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court heard fresh arguments in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case Tuesday. The court, with a new 5-2 Republican majority, could reverse a December decision from the old court's 4-3 Democratic majority.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected a friend-of-the-court brief in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case from Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein, both Democrats, filed a motion Friday opposing Republican legislative leaders in a redistricting case at the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 @ 12:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order asking for more information in the Moore v. Harper redistricting case. Justices want to know how a rehearing in a related N.C. Supreme Court case this month affects the legal landscape.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders have filed new legal briefs supporting reversals of the N.C. Supreme Court's December decisions in voter ID and redistricting cases.
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 @ 12:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Both the Republican leaders of the N.C. General Assembly and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein's office have filed briefs with the N.C. Supreme Court defending the state's voter ID law.
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will rehear the Harper v. Hall redistricting case on March 14. It will rehear the Holmes v. Moore voter ID case March 15.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 4:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will rehear cases dealing with voter ID and statewide election maps in March.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders label Common Cause's latest court filing in a redistricting dispute as "improper" and "meritless."
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Activist group Common Cause labels as "frivolous" the request from N.C. legislative leaders for a state Supreme Court rehearing in a hotly contested redistricting case.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The newly configured N.C. Supreme Court, with a 5-2 Republican majority, hears its first oral arguments on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 10:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As reported at The Carolina Journal, North Carolina’s legislative leaders filed petitions last week asking the N.C. Supreme Court to rehear two cases in which the court’s outgoing Democratic majority ruled against Republican legislators on election maps and voter ID.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 1:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to rehear cases dealing with state election maps and voter ID.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 8:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders hope the state Supreme Court will hold a new hearing in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court has asked Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to offer her views about a case involving a charter school in North Carolina labeled a "state actor."
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 9:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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