Ten days after throwing out North Carolina’s newly drawn congressional and legislative election maps, the state Supreme Court has produced its formal opinion in the case.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Supreme Court decision that redistricting maps be redrawn to more accurately reflect the makeup of our state has five takeaways.
Published: Friday, February 11th, 2022 @ 5:22 am
By: Tom Campbell
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In a 4–3 party line decision, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court ordered North Carolina Congressional and legislative districts to be redrawnNews Release: Raleigh, N.C. In a 4-3 party line decision, the Democra
Published: Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 10:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected state congressional and legislative election maps with a party-line 4-3 vote. The court’s four Democratic justices agreed to strike down maps drawn by a Republican-led legislature.
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 6:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s legislative and congressional election maps now sit in the hands of the N.C. Supreme Court, after 90 minutes of oral arguments for and against the maps Wednesday morning.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A group dedicated to electing Republicans to Congress is asking the N.C. Supreme Court not to join a political fight involving challenged election maps.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 7:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 2:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein want the state Supreme Court to throw out new statewide election maps.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 @ 9:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat-dominated Buncombe County Board of Commissioners wants to join the legal fight against North Carolina’s new election maps.
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Judges in redistricting trial refused to sanction defendants over maps drawn by Rep. Destin Hall and staffers during "strategy sessions."
Published: Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawyers supporting and opposing North Carolina’s new election maps will take their arguments to the N.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 2.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As critics of North Carolina’s new election maps take their case to the state Supreme Court, lawyers on both sides of the case are taking aim at justices they want to drop out of the case.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina’s new congressional and legislative election maps.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative defendants in North Carolina’s legal fight over new election maps are seeking Supreme Court Justice Sam “Jimmy” Ervin IV’s recusal from the case.
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2022 @ 9:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Avoiding splitting political units (counties, municipalities, and precincts) was part of the criteria adopted by the General Assembly at the start of the redistricting process. Let’s see how well they fulfilled that criterion in the 2021 congressional map.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative defendants are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to avoid jumping into a legal fight over new election maps.
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 9:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Opponents of North Carolina’s new election maps want the state Supreme Court to disqualify Justice Phil Berger Jr. from hearing their case.
Published: Sunday, December 19th, 2021 @ 7:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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New legislative election maps would give Republicans an advantage in the 2022 elections.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 12:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After much debate, public scrutiny, and controversy, the General Assembly passed redistricting maps for the N.C. House and Senate, and U.S. Congress.
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of a joint redistricting committee between the N.C. House and Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 10 heard public feedback on new criteria for drawing district maps.
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of a joint redistricting committee between the N.C. House and Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 10 heard public feedback on new criteria for drawing district maps.
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 2:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Stanford law professor who played a major role in recent redrawing of N.C. election maps is issuing a national warning about mail-in balloting.
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2020 @ 4:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An updated tool for voter statistics could provide clarity for North Carolinians during a global pandemic and disrupted election.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Not all pictures are worth a thousand words. But the picture of North Carolina’s new congressional map tells an important story.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel unanimously upheld North Carolina’s new congressional districts, just in time for 2020 candidates to start filing.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In light of today’s Congressional redistricting lawsuit hearing, Lt. Governor Forest releases the following video highlighting the truth behind why North Carolina is constantly being sued.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state House has passed a new congressional map, giving Democrats a better chance to pick up U.S. House seats in 2020, based on recent voting history.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For several North Carolina counties, the General Assembly’s new election maps may misrepresent the actual population counts by around 20%.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers will return to Raleigh Wednesday, Nov. 13, two weeks after adjourning a very, very long session.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers are once again haggling over how to begin drawing new voter maps. This time, North Carolina’s congressional districts are at stake.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Don’t retire the lottery machines just yet. Experts say the General Assembly may soon enter another round of map redraws.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A panel of Superior Court judges have approved North Carolina’s newly redrawn legislative district voting maps, but lawmakers are headed back to the drawing board to create different maps for congressional races.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 @ 5:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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