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Two justices slam U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Oct. 5 with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court’s landmark 2015 ruling striking down prohibitions on same-sex marriage. Dissenting from the court’s decision to turn away an appeal […]
Facing a conservative turn, U.S. Supreme Court opens new term
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opens a new term with Republicans on the cusp of realizing a dream 50 years in the making, a solid conservative majority that might roll back abortion rights, expand gun rights and shrink the power of government. Eight justices are getting back to work Oct. 5 at a most […]
N.C. federal appellate judge Rushing on Trump’s short list
RALEIGH (AP) — Called both a legal “rock star” by Republican senators and an “ideological extremist” by critics, Allison Jones Rushing had already landed what most lawyers would consider a career-defining position before turning 40. But the Trump administration may have even bigger plans. President Donald Trump indicated that Rushing is on his short list […]
Despite evidence, Forest vows he’d undo mask mandates in schools
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said that he would immediately reopen all K-12 public schools without requiring students or teachers to wear masks if he were governor. The comment came during a Sept. 16 news conference in which the gubernatorial candidate and other top Republicans pushed for Democratic Gov. Roy […]
North Carolina sues over federal decision on seismic testing
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina has sued the federal government to block an attempt at seismic testing off the state’s Atlantic coast to measure for oil and gas deposits, saying a U.S. agency’s decision was unlawful. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration overrode in June objections by state Division of Coastal Management to the seismic […]
N.C. man convicted of 1976 rape gets new hearing
CONCORD (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a new hearing for a man who has spent 44 years in prison for a rape he says he didn’t commit. The Charlotte Observer reports that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling for a new hearing for Ronnie Long on Aug. 24. The court […]
COA overturns ruling granting police officer immunity
(AP) — A jury will decide if a former Charlotte police captain acted with malice when he ordered the detention of a mother on a charge of child abuse for leaving her children unattended in a car briefly while asking for directions to a birthday party. In an Aug. 18 decision, the North Carolina Court […]
N.C. judges hear challenge over restoring voting rights
RALEIGH (AP) — Attorneys representing people who have been convicted of felonies are urging a three-judge panel to block a North Carolina law that keeps felons from voting until their full sentences — not just their prison time — are complete, arguing in part that the law is racially discriminatory. A state law that was overhauled […]
Sixth N.C. inmate dies of COVID-19
RALEIGH (AP) — An inmate at a central North Carolina state prison who tested positive for the coronavirus has died, the Department of Public Safety has announced. The prisoner at the Albemarle Correctional Institution in Stanly County died on July 14 from preexisting conditions complicated by the coronavirus, a department news release said. The male prisoner was […]
Statue of antebellum N.C. chief justice at court removed
RALEIGH (AP) — The statue of a 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court justice has been removed from the entrance of the state Court of Appeals building. Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin is known in part for a ruling in which he concluded the slave owner’s power over his slave was absolute. On July 13, workers removed […]
N.C. senator, attorney, says he’s tested positive for COVID-19
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina state senator has announced that he’s contracted COVID-19, marking the first known public case for a General Assembly member. Sen. Danny Britt, a Robeson County Republican and an attorney, told The Associated Press he received the positive test July 10. He’s closing down his law practice for at least 10 days […]
Forest to sue Cooper over mask rule, closures
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said his impending lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper for unilaterally closing businesses and mandating face masks due to COVID-19 isn’t politically motivated, despite their November election matchup. Forest, a Republican, said at a news conference on June 29 that the Democratic incumbent has failed to seek […]
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