Legislative leaders have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit targeting North Carolina's law banning abortion pills.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 11:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has denied the N.C. Republican Party's request to file a friend-of-the-court brief in a casing dealing with voter ID.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders have filed new legal briefs supporting reversals of the N.C. Supreme Court's December decisions in voter ID and redistricting cases.
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 @ 12:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Both the Republican leaders of the N.C. General Assembly and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein's office have filed briefs with the N.C. Supreme Court defending the state's voter ID law.
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Supreme court is scheduled to rehear two high-stakes election lawsuits on redistricting and voter ID.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Activist group Common Cause labels as "frivolous" the request from N.C. legislative leaders for a state Supreme Court rehearing in a hotly contested redistricting case.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to officially reconvene at noon on Wednesday in Raleigh. After November’s midterm elections, Republicans in the Senate have a supermajority and in the House, Republicans are one vote shy of a supermajority.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On Wednesday, the North Carolina General Assembly will hold opening ceremonies to kick off the 2023 legislative session. In odd-numbered years, legislators hold a “long session” starting in January.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With 4-3 party-line votes, N.C. Supreme Court Democrats threw out the state's photo voter identification law and the state Senate election map.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 10:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The late United State Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was justifiably famous for his sharp dissents.
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2023 @ 4:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is best and most responsive to the individual when it is closest to them. We're talking about the local, the county, and even the state level.
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Georgia’s 2021 voter ID law was supposed to usher in a new era of “Jim Crow 2.0,” according to Democrats. President Joe Biden said it would make that previous era of American history look like “Jim Eagle.”
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2022 @ 1:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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The N.C. Supreme Court will conduct Oct. 3-4 sessions at the historic Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton. Among the five cases are two with significance for N.C. elections.
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 11:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Oct. 3 in a case involving voter ID, followed by an Oct. 4 hearing on disputed statewide election maps.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 12:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court split along party lines, 4-3, in agreeing to hear a challenge against the state's voter ID law in October.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2022 @ 12:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With a 4-3 party-line vote, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court agreed that two voter-approved state constitutional amendments could be thrown out. They have sent the case back to a trial judge to make that decision.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A statement from Amy O. Cooke, CEO of the John Locke Foundation:
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Leader Commends Steinburg as “Tireless Advocate for His District” Who Improved Prison Safety
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislative leaders object to a proposed expedited review for a lawsuit challenging voter ID.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Opponents of North Carolina's voter ID law urge the N.C. Supreme Court to hear the case as early as September.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The decision allows legislative leaders to defend voter ID themselves instead of just relying on Attorney General Josh Stein
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders will be able to defend the state's voter ID law in federal court, thanks to an 8-1 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 10:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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only Democrats were party to the case
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Steed
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These are very troubling times. The federal government shows no allegiance to or understanding of the US Constitution and we, as a nation, are struggling with our political identity and our social identity.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 1:19 am
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina’s 2018 voter ID law complies with the state constitution and should survive a legal challenge.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 9:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders are offering their final written arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court in a federal voter ID case. Legislators seek the court’s permission to intervene in the case to defend voter ID.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 10:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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A group that works to elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate and an election watchdog group are offering their support to North Carolina’s challenged voter ID law.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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