The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled, 4-2, that 220,000 state government retirees had a contractual right to premium-free health care benefits that had been promised to them. Now a trial court will have to determine whether state changes to those benefits a decade ago violated the contract.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 2:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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both conservatives but which one is better candidate?
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 @ 9:58 am
By: John Steed
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The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law. The high court’s decision removes the case from the state Court of Appeals and places it on a faster track for final resolution.
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After the controversy surrounding GoFundMe’s decision to cancel the Freedom Convoy fundraiser, a new campaign was started on Christian crowdfunding website GiveSendGo, which had already raised more than $2 million within its first day.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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“You have to know that they are trying to provoke us.”
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 4:30 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Calls to remove North Carolina Supreme Court justices from cases are (mostly) wrong
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 10:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earls’ campaign statements go right up to the edge of requiring recusal
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Sunday, the Freedom Convoy 2022 held its first press conference with organizers Tamara Lich, Benjamin Dichter, and Chris Barber, and when asked if anyone from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff reached out, Dichter replied bluntly, “Why would they? The entire world is fixated on this.
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 5:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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“Was that a fake story to sabotage the donations that were coming in? Probably. You see a lot of that propaganda in the media.”
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 6:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Legislative defendants and the N.C. Department of Justice are defending North Carolina’s voter ID law before the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative defendants in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law are fighting a request to remove a Republican state Supreme Court justice from hearing the case.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday morning, a reporter for the Canadian government’s CBC state broadcaster claimed that a contact for the massive truckers’ convoy protesting vaccine mandates had threatened him, writing that the reporter was a “slave blooded traitor” that would “swing in time.”
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 10:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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Legislative defendants in a case challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law are rejecting a proposal to move the case to the state Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of North Carolina’s latest voter ID law want the N.C. Supreme Court to consider their lawsuit.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Supreme Court Justices Tamara Barringer and Phil Berger Jr. confirmed late Friday afternoon that they will take part in a high-profile case involving two challenged amendments to the N.C. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 9:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers representing the state NAACP defend N.C. Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls in their latest filing at the state’s high court.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has jumped into the state’s legal battle over new election maps. The high court has shut down candidate filing and delayed all state primary elections until May 17.
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 10:34 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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After about nine hours of deliberation, a jury has found former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett guilty on counts related to an apparent hate crime hoax he orchestrated in 2019.
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 1:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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If the state Supreme Court decides to remove two Republican justices from hearing a high-profile case involving voter ID, the court also should remove Democratic Justice Anita Earls. That’s according to a new motion filed Wednesday in the case.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An involuntary recusal, in the teeth of a Justice’s own judgment that recusal is not necessary, is in effect a public declaration that the Justice has engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.
Published: Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Voters would bear the brunt of the harm if the N.C. Supreme Court decides to boot two of its members from considering a high-profile case involving voter ID.
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 6:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nearly two dozen N.C. law professors have signed on to two new friend-of-the-court briefs in a high-profile N.C. Supreme Court case involving voter ID. Both briefs filed Tuesday urge the state Supreme Court to remove two Republican justices from hearing the case.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 7:55 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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A retired UNC law school constitutional expert says forced removal of Supreme Court justices from consideration of a case would be “particularly dangerous.”
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 7:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, wrote this week in a major national newspaper about an attempted “subversion of the will of the people” involving North Carolina’s Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 3:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law raises serious questions about a plan to block two N.C. Supreme Court justices from hearing a case involving voter ID.
Published: Monday, October 4th, 2021 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mask wars have once again erupted in Buncombe County after the school board voted during a specially called meeting last week, without public comment, to require all students and staff to wear masks while inside, regardless of vaccination status.
Published: Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After splitting along party lines just twice in their first six months together, the current lineup of the N.C. Supreme Court has produced four more 4-3 partisan splits today.
Published: Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 @ 9:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following three individuals to serve in key roles
Published: Monday, August 9th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, April 8, 2021Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, April 8, 2021
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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