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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and district attorneys in Durham, Guilford, and Wake counties have filed motions asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's updated anti-riot law.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has tweaked its lawsuit against the state's new anti-riot law. ACLU's amended suit arrived six days after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill that removed a challenged provision.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An appointments bill, which will clear the North Carolina Senate this week, nominates former high-ranking staffers and politicians to various boards and commissions across the state.
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A split 2-1 N.C. Court of Appeals decision confirms that Patricia Chastian can not serve as elected Superior Court clerk in Franklin County.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 12:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court wants new briefs by May 11 in the high-profile Moore v. Harper redistricting case. The briefs will help the court decide whether to keep or dismiss the case.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers working on the U.S. Supreme Court's Moore v. Harper redistricting case have alerted the court to a related decision Friday from North Carolina's top court.
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Elections is updating voter registration forms to comply with the state Supreme Court's ruling against felon voting.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 6:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will look much different in 2023. Voters decided in November to oust one incumbent Democrat from the state’s highest court.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More than one year after the N.C. Court of Appeals struck down Greenville's red-light camera enforcement program as unconstitutional, the N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Greenville's appeal.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 @ 4:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Unaffiliated voters are defending their federal lawsuit challenging the N.C. State Board of Elections. They object that state law guarantees only Democrats and Republicans can serve on the board.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 @ 6:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Majority support citizen only voting, right to work, and taxpayer protection amendments
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court reconsidered Wednesday a case dealing with the state's challenged 2018 voter ID law. Justices could throw out a ruling that blocked the law from taking effect.
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2023 @ 7:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court heard fresh arguments in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case Tuesday. The court, with a new 5-2 Republican majority, could reverse a December decision from the old court's 4-3 Democratic majority.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, discusses House Bill 44.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 4:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, discusses House Bill 44.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 4:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order asking for more information in the Moore v. Harper redistricting case. Justices want to know how a rehearing in a related N.C. Supreme Court case this month affects the legal landscape.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, North Carolina legislators took a step toward repealing the literacy test requirement from the N.C. Constitution. Legislators heard House Bill 44 in the Judiciary 2 committee Wednesday. The bill would place a constitutional amendment on the 2024 general election ballot.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, speaks in favor of House Bill 44.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether as many as 56,000 felons who have completed active prison terms but not finished their full sentences will remain eligible to vote in state elections.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 10:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The newly configured N.C. Supreme Court, with a 5-2 Republican majority, hears its first oral arguments on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 10:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Greenville and Fayetteville ended red-light camera enforcement programs in November, yet legal challenges against both programs continue in state court.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 9:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Constitution unequivocally declares, “The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers shall be forever separate and distinct from each other”
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to rehear cases dealing with state election maps and voter ID.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 8:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Greenville is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to consider a case challenging its red-light camera program. The city shut the program down last November.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 7:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs working the Institute for Justice have filed a lawsuit against food truck restrictions in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel ruled that a law enforcement officer "seized" a driver by parking behind that driver with blue lights flashing and blocking the driver's exit.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court can address "rampant confusion" about the state's certificate-of-need law, according to the latest filing in a case involving a New Bern eye surgeon.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Much of the media’s attention in North Carolina’s 2022 U.S. congressional races has been on the open U.S. Senate seat and the N.C.-13 race, both of which appear to be tossups
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 9:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On Monday, the N.C. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit addressing the voter ID law state lawmakers approved to implement a state constitutional amendment.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 12:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bar owners suing the governor in connection with his COVID-19 shutdown are relying on a state Appeals Court ruling in a separate case involving a shuttered racetrack.
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 @ 1:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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