On Tuesday, North Carolina state politicians and analysts reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the high-profile Moore v. Harper case, with Democratic lawmakers celebrating the decision while plaintiff and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said he is glad the case is “settled.”
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 12:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At the annual dinner for the League of Conservation Voters in Washington, President Biden wowed the crowd by announcing ambitious plans to build a state-of-the-art train — in space.
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 5:12 am
By: Babylon Bee
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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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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has recently made the national media rounds claiming that the current General Assembly is a partisan gerrymander. Does this claim have any merit? The short answer is not at all.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 8:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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As the North Carolina Utilities Commission works on a Carbon Plan that would dramatically shape the state’s energy future, the state grew by 133,088 people in 2022 alone, the third fastest-growing state in the nation.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 7:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As Putin's funding environmentalist groups against fracking and pipelines show
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 10:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders' redistricting arguments would "wreak havoc" on American elections, according to a new brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court by left-of-center critics.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 1:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A state Supreme Court law clerk is taking a leave of absence while he runs for a seat in the N.C. House of Representatives.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 1:39 pm
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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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) blocks Senate's attempt to burdensome legislation
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 1:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Plaintiffs in North Carolina's election redistricting dispute object to the latest request from N.C. lawmakers, who want to dismiss their own state Supreme Court appeal.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The three masters charged N.C. taxpayers $690 an hour for their work on maps.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Multiple briefs filed Friday ask the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up a redistricting case from North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 1:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 12:12 am
By: Governor's Office
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With the dust finally settled on the latest (but certainly not last) round of North Carolina’s redistricting wars, we can take stock of how those districts could perform in the next election.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Each of the plaintiffs in North Carolina’s legal dispute over election maps is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the fight. So is the N.C. Justice Department.
Published: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 @ 6:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In my previous research brief, I noted how the General Assembly could use the findings of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to help them draw districts in compliance with the North Carolina Supreme Court’s February 4 ruling in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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WRAL reported yesterday about the kurfuffle over Cheif Justice Paul Newby pointing out that there is not a “fair elections” clause in the North Carolina Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 1:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democratic majority on the court has a range of options, but the upcoming election could act as a brake on their taking extreme action
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 8:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Calls to remove North Carolina Supreme Court justices from cases are (mostly) wrong
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 10:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earls’ campaign statements go right up to the edge of requiring recusal
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 1:49 pm
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 most recent N.C. Supreme Court order in a case involving challenged election maps takes up 3 1/2 pages.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 10:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to extend oral arguments in next week’s redistricting case by 50%.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Court finds that the question of drawing districts is "non-justiciable"
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 @ 12:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One group challenging North Carolina’s new election maps in court is distancing itself from debates about recusal of targeted N.C. Supreme Court justices.
Published: Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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No districts in the NC League of Conservation Voters' map have enough black voters to satisfy Voting Rights Act requirements
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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