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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is suing the state’s Judicial Standards Commission to make them end investigations into some of her public statements
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 99, sponsored by Erin Paré (R-Wake), introduces an essential reform to how county commissioners would be elected in Wake County. It also makes a change that would deny voters helpful information.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Carolina Journal recently surveyed the four candidates running for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2022 @ 11:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If asked to identify a symbol for justice most of us would picture a blindfolded Lady Liberty holding aloft a balance scale in one hand and a sword in the other.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 4:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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Tiffany Lesnik, a lawyer in Wake County, arrived at the N.C. State Board of Elections on Dec. 4 to file her notice of candidacy. But an official told her she didn’t qualify.
Published: Friday, January 31st, 2020 @ 2:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the heat of partisan battle, much discussion about North Carolina’s Supreme Court election focuses on the current split between the court’s Republicans and Democrats
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Anglin won his court fight to run on the GOP ticket for Supreme Court justice in the Nov. 6 general election
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh attorney Chris Anglin has won his fight to run as a Republican for the Supreme Court in the Nov. 6 general election. Republican legislative leaders have thrown in the towel
Published: Saturday, September 1st, 2018 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An appeal of a judge’s ruling requiring the fall election ballot to list Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin as a Republican could threaten a key election deadline
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the courts rule against laws our legislature has passed, which they often do, it never seems to enter lawmakers' minds that those rulings are because of their own wrongheaded notions
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a pair of bills Friday that tweak state election laws and judicial election districts
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, Governor Cooper took action on four bills that were passed by the General Assembly and brought to his desk for approval
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 10:10 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It's no shocker that a fan of partisan judicial elections urges North Carolina to maintain its current system for selecting state judges
Published: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 @ 10:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politics have no place in our court system in North Carolina or any place else. Fairness deserves better than that, equality deserves better than that, and justice deserves better than that
Published: Saturday, April 21st, 2018 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's one point of near-universal agreement when it comes to selecting state judges: No state has figured out a perfect system
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 10:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some members of the General Assembly seem to think so.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 2:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A special legislative committee studying constitutional changes to the way North Carolina selects judges would be wise to leave things alone
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 7:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election expert Michael Crowell isn’t pulling punches on Senate Bill 656
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2017 @ 8:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2011, the Republican-led General Assembly has enacted transformational reforms
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats on the House Select Committee on Judicial Redistricting on Tuesday tried to raise objections to the comprehensive judicial redistricting plans in House Bill 717
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Roy Cooper was elected governor of North Carolina, he faced an uphill battle to fulfill any of his campaign promises
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 1:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Chief Justice Mark Martin isn't happy with the way state judges get on the bench
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Too many North Carolinians lack confidence in our courts, according to a recently concluded 15-month study initiated by Mark Martin, Chief Justice of our state Supreme Court
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 @ 11:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Another day, another veto override vote went against Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 1:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Republicans in the State Senate voted House Bill 100 into law, which restores Party affiliation to the ballot for judicial elections, despite Governor Roy Cooper's veto of the bill last week
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s first veto would block a bill to restore party labels to N.C. judicial elections. Cooper’s office announced the veto of House Bill 100 Thursday afternoon
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 4:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Governor Roy Cooper vetoed his first bill, one that would would have made judicial elections partisan. NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes responded below
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2017 @ 2:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Cooper signed a veto of House Bill 100
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 7:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that if we discuss a problem long enough we can come up with a solution? It doesn't work that way with public policy issues, especially in the selection of judges.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 4:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A hearing at Winston-Salem State University to investigate a professor's alleged misconduct raised more questions about the administration than it answered about the professor.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 12:23 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Senate Republicans unveiled a voter ID bill Thursday that resembles a version the House passed earlier this year, with a handful of glaring differences.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal groups in and outside the state seem to be spending sleepless nights worried about the fate of judicial-election changes North Carolina adopted in 2002.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've got an interesting dilemma here in Moore County. Our local paper is owned and operated by veteran Democrat Party fundraisers and strategists.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 2:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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