Gov. Roy Cooper seeks a temporary restraining order to block a law changing the composition of the State Board of Elections.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed another lawsuit in state court against North Carolina's top legislative leaders. This one targets a new creating an eight-member state elections board with an even split between Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has denied voter ID critics' request to reopen discovery in their federal lawsuit. Discovery originally ended in 2020.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voter identification opponents defend their request to reopen discovery in a federal lawsuit. Republican legislative leaders and the State Board of Elections oppose new discovery.
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top North Carolina legislative leaders object to voter identification critics conducting new discovery in a federal lawsuit. The State Board of Elections also objects to additional discovery.
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Constitutional amendment seeking similar changes to Elections Board overwhelmingly rejected by voters in 2018
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 11:34 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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The three decisions could mark a slowdown in election lawsuits
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 12:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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 North Carolina Supreme court is scheduled to rehear two high-stakes election lawsuits on redistricting and voter ID.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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In a recent WFAE news interview, special master Bob Orr seemed to shift responsibility for North Carolina’s congressional maps from the court’s assigned special masters to the University of California professor advising them
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Abrams' failure to win in court reminds us of how unnecessary the State Board of Elections' 2020 collusive lawsuit settlement was
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court will wait until 2023 to decide a case involving felon voting rights.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders object to a proposal for the N.C. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments as early as this month in a felon voting case.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 8:26 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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Felon voting supporters are urging the N.C. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in their case in October or November.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top N.C. legislative leaders have filed arguments against a court-imposed congressional map, even though they want to drop their appeal against the map.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 1:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a party-line 4-3 split, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court agreed to hear a redistricting dispute as early as Oct. 3.
Published: Monday, August 1st, 2022 @ 11:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Unlike earlier recusal requests of Supreme Court justices, the case for Earls to remove herself is clear and robust
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Leaders of the N.C. General Assembly question a request for state Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. to recuse himself from the Leandro school funding case.
Published: Monday, July 25th, 2022 @ 12:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal against a court-ordered congressional map. The map is valid only for 2022 elections.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislators object to Common Cause's proposal to speed up N.C. Supreme Court consideration of a redistricting case.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Foes of N.C. legislative election maps want the state Supreme Court to speed up its consideration of their legal challenge.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 5:34 pm
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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The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments during the week of Aug. 29 in the long-running Leandro school funding case.
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 4:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs seeking $785 million in new state education spending are renewing their appeals to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 @ 8:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two new lawsuits challenge the underlying state law that permitted red-light camera enforcement programs.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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