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A Wake County judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state Republican Party's recent leadership election.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Cooper filed a lawsuit against Republican legislative leaders in Wake County Superior Court, challenging provisions in Senate Bill 512 that clearly violate the separation of powers established in the North Carolina Constitution.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 2:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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filed in Wake County Superior Court
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Steed
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On Oct. 13, the Wake County Superior Court ruled in favor of Republicans that at-large poll observers would have more flexibility than precinct-specific observers, but sided with the state’s board of elections that the absentee ballot deadline could be moved to a later date
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 10:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, voters across the Tarheel State gained a vital win in Wake Superior Court for ensuring the integrity of our upcoming Midterm elections.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 12:57 pm
By: Jeff Moore
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A Wake County Superior Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that was filed against the state’s election redistricting process. The suit alleged that the General Assembly violated previous court precedents governing how election maps should be drawn.
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, The Governor’s Office filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court, challenging the constitutionality of the membership of the Rules Review Commission (RRC) as a violation of the North Carolina Constitution’s Separation-of-Powers Clause.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 9:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Wake County Sheriff’s Office will resume accepting and processing applications for pistol permits consistent with N.C. General Statutes, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, March 31.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2020 @ 2:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As a big fan of redistricting reform, this observer appreciates hearing support for the cause from Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a ruling by a three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court on Monday, the State Board of Elections is now accepting filings for candidates for North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts in 2020.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 7:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Court Gives the State More Time to Pay $730 Million Judgment in Lawsuit over School Technology FundsA Wake County Superior Court judge signed a consent order giving the state more time to pay a nearly $730 million judgment in a lawsuit over school technology funds
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A decision by Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins to invalidate two constitutional amendments isn't necessarily tarnished by partisanship or judicial activism, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr says.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @ 9:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Tuesday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway rejected Harris' petition to force the State Board of Elections to certify him the winner of the hotly disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 1:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans and Democrats held dueling news conferences Monday afternoon, trying to sway public opinion on the question of whether GOP Rep.-elect Mark Harris should be seated in the state's 9th U.S. Congressional District.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican Rep-elect Mark Harris will get his day in court. Thursday, Jan. 3, he filed a petition in Wake County Superior Court seeking to declare him the victor in the 9th U.S. Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 6:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The campaign of the Rev. Mark Harris, Republican nominee for the 9th U.S. Congressional District, Thursday will ask Wake County Superior Court to certify his victory in the 2018 election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Wake County Superior Court judge wants state Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin to appoint a three-judge panel to hear challenges by Gov. Roy Cooper and two left-leaning advocacy groups about four proposed constitutional amendments
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin got a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon in Wake County Superior Court, potentially restoring his Republican Party label for the Nov. 6 general election ballot
Published: Saturday, August 18th, 2018 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Conference of the NAACP and Clean Air Carolina are asking Wake County Superior Court to strip four proposed constitutional amendments from the Nov. 6 general election ballot
Published: Thursday, August 16th, 2018 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Wake County Superior Court has ruled against the state of North Carolina in a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the state's distribution cap and franchise laws on breweries
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2018 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Judge Keith Gregory to preside in Wake County Superior Court
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2018 @ 10:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper took three strikes in Wake County Superior Court this week as judges ruled in favor of the General Assembly in a continuing battle over separation of powers
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 4:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement will immediately seek review in Wake County Superior Court of an administrative law judge's order authorizing the use of a Florida-based vendor's voter check-in software in Tuesday's (Nov. 7) municipal elections
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 7:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court granted an extended 30 day stay requested by the State Board of Education in the lawsuit between the board and State Superintendent Mark Johnson while appeals are pending
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 2:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wake County Superior Court has a new leader
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2017 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper gave General Assembly Republicans a Memorial Day weekend present: yet another legal challenge to legislation the governor claims unconstitutionally limits his executive powers
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a nonpartisan race that could tip the ideological balance on the state Supreme Court, Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan and sitting Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Bob Edmunds each are touting his respective experience, track record, and judicial temperament as reasons to sit
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Within the past hour, Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ordered that the regular voter registration deadline be extended until close of business on Wednesday (October 19) in 36 counties receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of Hurricane Matthew
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Former SBI agent claims reports on crime lab were malicious, ruined her career.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, Judge George Bryan Collins of the 10th Judicial District heard arguments by the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) and the North Carolina Attorney General in Wake County Superior Court.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2016 @ 4:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does our state's constitution mean what it says? That's the question asked by a recent lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court. At issue is the constitutionality of recent changes to how justices are elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The case will not only require our courts to...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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There have been some significant recent developments in two lawsuits involving the separation of powers, both of which were filed in Wake County Superior Court last November.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2015 @ 3:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed V.A. "Woofer" Davidian of Wake County as District Court Judge, filling the vacancy created by former District Court Judge Jennifer Knox's election as Wake County Clerk of Superior Court.
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 1:02 am
By: Chris Downey
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The move Thursday by a Wake County Superior Court judge to strike down the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships program is seen as a short-term setback by supporters of the private tuition vouchers.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leader of the state Senate promised fast action to appeal a Wake County Superior Court judge's decision halting the General Assembly's plans to end teacher tenure. Meantime, the head of the state's largest teacher association, which brought the lawsuit challenging the end of career status, was d
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 2:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Wake County Superior Court judge Monday refused to dismiss legal challenges to the state's Opportunity Scholarships, aka vouchers, meaning that the lawsuit is likely to go to trial. Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood issued Monday's ruling after allowing the Institute for Justice, an Arlington...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A battle over the North Carolina State Endowment Fund's right to sell its 123-square mile forest to an Illinois-based agribusiness firm appears to have ended. On Friday, a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled that the sale could proceed without an environmental impact statement, which a group...
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A Republican state lawmaker pledged to protect property owners from being annexed involuntarily into the five cities that sued the state over Annexation Reform legislation that passed last year.
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2012 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs appears at Wake County Superior Court after his Nov. 28 indictment on felony charges related to the 2008 Perdue campaign.
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 @ 8:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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