A state legislator and a group of current and former judges in Mecklenburg County have filed a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of a new law requiring that Mecklenburg County district court judges be elected from districts crafted by the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein have formally asked North Carolina judges to quickly strike down dozens of legislative districts drawn by Republicans that are at the center of a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit. The ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A few dozen computer files recovered from the home of a deceased Republican redistricting consultant can be offered as evidence in next week’s partisan gerrymandering trial in North Carolina, state judges ruled on Friday. The three-judge ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Advocacy groups and Democratic voters in North Carolina say partisan bias within congressional districts Republicans drew are so deliberate and obvious the U.S. Supreme Court should rule the lines unconstitutional. Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case. The arguments justices will ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Hundreds filed for congressional, legislative and county positions Feb. 12 as the North Carolina candidate period opened, but not before yet another court ruling was issued from reams of pending litigation seeking to alter more districts or filing dates. ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina voters are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure this year’s legislative elections are held under district lines redrawn recently by federal judges, since previous elections this decade occurred under what have ...

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Common Cause v. Rucho (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-002-18, 205 pp.) (James Wynn Jr., Circuit Judge) (William Osteen Jr., District Judge, concurring in part & dissenting in part) 1:16-cv-01026; M.D.N.C. Stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Holding: Plaintiffs’ evidence shows that ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court should refuse to delay an order directing North Carolina Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional districts by next week, voter advocacy groups and Democratic voters asserted Jan. 17, saying it’s clear the lines are ...

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