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The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed three lawsuits challenging permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. A related pipeline, MVP Southgate, could extend into North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 9th, 2023 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With a 10-4 vote, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to rehear the case United States v. Brown before the full slate of appellate judges.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a professor at N.C. State University. He claimed job retaliation for criticism of the NCSU education school's increased focus on social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Liability shouldn't hinge upon whether a "reasonable person" would view something as a sexual assault, but whether a school administrator did, school lawyers argued.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 10:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Darryl Howard, imprisoned for 21 years for two murders he didn't commit, can continue to pursue a lawsuit against two Durham police officers. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Howard can move forward with a complaint based on law enforcement work that took place in 2011.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision will allow a fired N.C. Justice Department worker to pursue a race discrimination case against former supervisors.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 10-6 vote, rejects a rule requiring skirts for female students at a Brunswick County charter school.
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 7:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s deadline for accepting mail-in absentee ballots in this year’s election finally may be settled at the venue state conservative leaders wanted: the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, July 26, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to follow the Endangered Species Act when it approved a permit for the ACP. This is the second time this court has considered the issue.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 3:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An Aug. 27 federal court ruling throwing out North Carolina's congressional maps has added new complications to an unsettled election schedule. The decision adds another wrinkle to the state's 2018 election
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 1:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge federal panel has again ruled against North Carolina's congressional election map
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2018 @ 12:12 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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Courts have been dealing with gerrymandering - the redrawing of legislative district lines to further a particular political interest - for more than 50 years
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday afternoon, a three-judge federal court panel adopted the recommendations of the expert it selected and folded nine legislative districts into the state's General Assembly maps
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 9:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Court intervention in congressional redistricting has some lawmakers wondering whether judges are gaveling their way into legislative territory
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2018 @ 2:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal three-judge panel has struck down North Carolina’s latest congressional election map. The judges accepted critics’ argument that the map was overly partisan in favoring Republicans.
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The three-judge federal panel handling the Covington v. North Carolina redistricting lawsuit did not say Friday which of the three legislative maps under consideration they preferred, or hint when they might issue an order
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 1:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel overseeing the federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's legislative election maps wants names of at least three people who could draw new sets of maps
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judges in one of North Carolina's ongoing electoral redistricting fights are explaining why voters will not face special legislative elections before the regularly scheduled 2018 races
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Read the latest court opinion in North Carolina’s ongoing fight over electoral redistricting, and you might sense a growing disconnect between the world governed by constitutional law and the world most people understand
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 2:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawsuits challenging North Carolina's current congressional district map pose different questions than a suit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Wisconsin legislative maps
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The rights of people, rather than political considerations, must be the primary focus in fixing 28 unconstitutionally drawn state legislative districts
Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Low voter turnout is one of several challenges resulting from a court order setting a deadline to redraw legislative districts and establish special legislative elections next year
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent debates about the legal challenge of North Carolina's 2013 election law highlight a particularly disturbing feature of present-day political discourse: Pundits and politicians frequently fail to acknowledge the important differences between a policy debate and a legal dispute
Published: Saturday, August 27th, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've written before about two N.C. redistricting cases - Harris v. McCrory and Covington v. North Carolina - both from the U.S. District Court for North Carolina's Middle District
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
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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A mere 22 days before the start of early voting and with 4 million voter guides in the mail to North Carolina residents, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that the state cannot enforce...
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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