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allows state court judges to order deportation
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2026 @ 5:10 pm
By: John Steed
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state law also allows state judges to order deportation of illegal aliens who enter thru Texas
Published: Monday, December 4th, 2023 @ 9:05 am
By: John Steed
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With a 10-4 vote, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to rehear the case United States v. Brown before the full slate of appellate judges.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision allowing a fired state trooper to get his job back. Judges agreed that the State Highway Patrol lacked "just cause" to fire Trooper Joe Locklear.
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2023 @ 7:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in North Carolina’s high-profile partisan gerrymandering case offered an excellent lesson about the limits of judicial power. It’s a lesson that should come in handy soon for state judges.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Joshua Malcolm, chairman of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, Monday asked a panel of Superior Court judges to keep the board in place until it completes an investigation of alleged irregularities in the 9th U.S. Congressional District race
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Spend much time listening to the political rhetoric flowing from the state capital, and you're likely to hear complaints about legislative "power grabs" and efforts to "rip authority away" from the governor and the state's judges
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 4:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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District Court Judge Pell Cooper, Gov. Roy Cooper's brother, manages three businesses - an apparent violation of state judicial rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest by judges. In 2009, state officials forced another district court judge who refused to leave two corporate boards to resign
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today nominated three people to serve the state as Special Superior Court judges
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 1:11 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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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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Ford Porter, press secretary for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following statement on the North Carolina Senate's proposed constitutional amendment that would require all judges to be elected every two years
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 8:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Last spring, Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, filed a bill that would establish new judicial and prosecutorial districts throughout the state and specify the number of judges and prosecutors for each While House Bill 717 didn’t come to a vote during the regular session
Published: Friday, October 6th, 2017 @ 6:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As state lawmakers returned home for a brief summer break, some members and their staffs were awaiting court orders outlining new General Assembly districts after federal judges declared the current map unconstitutional and racially gerrymandered
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The President's Travel Ban has been temporarily reinstated, in part, while the Supreme Court reviews the case that was blocked heretofore by liberal Activist Judges from ultra liberal states.
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 7:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper has issued two more vetoes this morning, targeting bills that would change the makeup of the state elections board and reduce the number of judges on the N.C. Court of Appeals
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 9:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new unofficial congressional district map released Monday by a bipartisan panel of former state judges was not received warmly by the members of the General Assembly who have the legal authority to set election district lines.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2016 @ 1:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new unofficial congressional district map released Monday by a bipartisan panel of former state judges was not received warmly by the members of the General Assembly who have the legal authority to set election district lines.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several state Supreme Court justices showed skepticism during a Wednesday hearing over the constitutionality of a recent law establishing "retention" elections for appellate court judges
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Supreme Court justices are elected, not appointed, to their post. This is in contrast to states like Arizona where appellate judges are appointed by the governor, rather than elected by voters. Whether or not either method is a good or bad idea is not at issue in a new lawsuit...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The state House on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill that would require appellate judges to win retention elections to hold their seats. If House Bill 222 becomes law, it would apply to the chief justice and other justices on the N.C. Supreme Court as well as all judges on the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For decades upon decades, all was well in The Tar Heel State as judges were elected with the blessing of the state's leftist-dominated bar association and their mainstream media lapdogs.
Published: Sunday, August 5th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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State public campaign funding for key races is drying up, a situation with significant implications for a number of candidates in this coming election season.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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