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Several recent legislative proposals aim to expand North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program to serve more students and families
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Appeals Court Chief Judge Donna Stroud began her new term by emphasizing bringing people together after COVID shutdowns and the recent judicial elections.
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2023 @ 11:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The headliner primary is a competitive GOP race for state Supreme Court between Trey Allen, Victoria Prince, and April Wood.
Published: Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 @ 9:07 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: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"The integrity of a multi-member court’s decision-making process relies on the longstanding tradition of confidential deliberations," N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 8:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Three former N.C. Supreme Court justices, all Republicans, are urging the current court not to move forward with forcibly removing colleagues from a high-profile voter ID case.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 8:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the N.C. Supreme Court considers whether to boot two Republican justices from a high-profile case involving voter ID, three former chief justices are weighing in.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 9:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Newby’s election completed a Republican sweep of eight statewide judicial seats, including three at the Supreme Court and five on the Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The ballots have been counted. Twice. Some will be counted again. Maybe all of them.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Perhaps the most overlooked elections, ranking just slightly ahead of Soil and Water Conversation District Commissioners, are those of judges.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The latest legal challenge to North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships has yet to head to a courtroom.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 11:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Saturday night, Jennifer Clapton stood in a brightly lit bowling alley, watching her autistic, 22-year-old son laugh.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 3:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Problems with policing and race relations must be dealt with, North Carolina’s leading politicians say.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2020 @ 8:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When selecting justices to sit on North Carolina’s highest court, it helps voters to have access to that court’s decisions in major cases.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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How would you describe the year 2019? I’ve pondered the just-right descriptive adjective and finally settled on the seldom used but highly appropriate word quarrelsome.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 @ 7:54 am
By: Tom Campbell
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As candidate filing closed, many exciting races and storylines began to take shape in federal and statewide races.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 @ 7:29 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The State Judicial Council convened Thursday, Dec. 5, to discuss judicial branch reforms and to push for increased funding.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2019 @ 11:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina’s nebulous criminal code isn’t confusing enough, the “elephant” metaphors lawmakers use to describe them are even less enlightening.
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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You might expect a state Supreme Court with six Democrats and one Republican to end up with a lot of 6-1 decisions with the Republican on the losing end. That’s not been the typical scenario this year.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 @ 3:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Whatever the three-judge Superior Court panel decides about Common Cause v. Lewis, a challenge to the constitutionality of North Carolina’s legislative districts, is relevant only if the plaintiffs win.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has reconfigured the N.C. Court of Appeals into an 8-7 Democratic majority with his latest two appointments.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mark Davis said he is the happiest person in North Carolina after being appointed to a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, is not so pleased
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper's second State of the State address included plenty of proposals liberals and Democrats cheered
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper named Associate Justice Cheri Beasley as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 @ 3:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper picked the youngest member of the N.C. Supreme Court to its top position.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 @ 1:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Citing Gov. Roy Cooper's own words about government "balance," a leading N.C. senator is calling on the governor to elevate a Republican to serve as the next chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Phil Berger Jr., son of state Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, is interested in running for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 @ 4:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If party labels tell the story, Chief Justice Mark Martin could end up on the losing end of a lot of N.C. Supreme Court decisions this year.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2019 @ 6:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Much recent political commentary about North Carolina's Supreme Court focuses on the 5-2 majority that Democrats will gain in January
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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