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Plaintiffs challenging a recent ruling in a federal North Carolina redistricting lawsuit have asked the full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to consider the case.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 @ 8:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an expelled Tulane University student's request to proceed anonymously in his North Carolina lawsuit over sexual assault allegations.
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 9:09 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 Raleigh robber did not face a "vindictive" resentencing after a federal Appeals Court delivered him a legal victory. That was the conclusion of a 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 1:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out a requirement that a felon in North Carolina imprisoned on gun charges must undergo warrantless computer searches after leaving prison.
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 5:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's candidacy in the 2022 election.
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A national Republican group is urging the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject Democrats' request to keep the Green Party off the N.C. ballot.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal Appeals Court will not block the N.C. Green Party from appearing on the general election ballot.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 10:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has rejected Democratic groups' request that he block — or stay — his Aug. 5 order placing Green Party candidates on the N.C. election ballot.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 3:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Green Party accuses Democratic groups of "distortions" and "misrepresentations" in an effort to block Greens from the N.C. election ballot.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Democrats filed an emergency motion to stay federal Judge James Dever’s decision last week to order the North Carolina State Board of Elections to place the Green Party’s candidates on the ballot.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday night, federal Judge James Dever made a decision in the North Carolina Green Party’s lawsuit against the State Board of Elections, placing the party’s candidates on the ballot and claiming jurisdiction over the matter.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Green Party and N.C. State Board of Elections have not reached a deal on resolving the Greens' federal lawsuit against the board.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 7:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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he final step in the N.C. Green Party’s journey to be on the state’s 2022 ballots may be in sight, as Judge James Dever, the federal judge overseeing the NCGP’s lawsuit against the N.C. State Board of Elections, released an order Monday signaling the case was made “moot” by the NCSBE’s decision.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 12:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Green Party has filed a new emergency motion in its bid to gain access to the Nov. 8 election ballot.
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell over her handling of the 2020 election in a testy back-and-forth hearing.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate is summoning the director of the State Board of Elections to answer questions about a controversial settlement she negotiated that upended voting rules just weeks before November’s election.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 11:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former State Board of Elections Chairman Josh Howard says there could be dire consequences for future elections if the governor is allowed to appoint a judge to a newly created Wake County District Court seat.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 11:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the final story of North Carolina’s 2020 election, U.S. District Judge James Dever’s name might end up securing only a footnote.
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 @ 3:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last night the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the witness requirement for South Carolina’s absentee ballots.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 9:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A recent attempt to rewrite North Carolina elections law is just one piece of a larger plan to turn the state blue, a panel of experts say.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law.
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The COVID-19 outbreak can’t be an excuse to outlaw most indoor worship services in North Carolina, a federal judge ruled Saturday, May 16.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 7:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The filing period for all nine Wake County school board seats opens at noon Thursday and ends at noon Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wake County Board of Elections will revert to using the maps that were in place in 2011 for this year's school board and county commissioner elections, a federal judge has ruled.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2016 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dever issued an order on Thursday which included the mandate from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Wake County school board districts enacted by the General Assembly in 2013 and identical county commissioner districts enacted in 2015 were unconstitutional
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2016 @ 4:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attorneys for legislative leaders have filed new maps with the U.S. District Court and are urging the judge handling the case to approve the maps for the 2016 election for Wake County commissioners and school board members
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear the challenge to the Wake County commission and school board redistricting case.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2016 @ 2:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the Wake County Board of Elections voted along party lines to appeal a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling throwing out local school board and county commissioner districts, state legislative leaders are fighting to get back in as defendants in the case
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Washington Police have arrested seven people on felony warrants this week in late September.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2013 @ 9:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On May 2, 2013, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office served arrest warrants on James Deverone Sadler, age 32, of 100 Camel Drive in Washington.
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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