Free Newsletter
N. Carolina justices quickly revisit redistricting, voter ID
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court is revisiting this week whether a previous combination of justices got it wrong three months ago when declaring that the legislature produced illegal district lines tainted by excess partisanship and a photo voter identification law infected with racial bias. The rehearings Tuesday and Wednesday on cases […]
Voter ID lawsuit to N.C. Supreme Court in accelerated appeal
RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to accelerate appeals in a photo voter identification lawsuit by hearing the case without waiting for the Court of Appeals to deliberate first. In an order Wednesday, the justices granted the request of lawyers for minority voters who successfully sued at the trial-court level to […]
N.C. justices examine legality of voter ID, tax amendments
RALEIGH (AP) — More litigation on voting, redistricting and race reached North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Monday, as justices began deciding if two constitutional amendments should be struck down because lawmakers who put them on the ballot were elected thanks to distorted district boundaries. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit that […]
After recusal delays, NC court hears amendments case Feb. 14
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has rescheduled oral arguments for next month in a case over whether two amendments to the state constitution should be voided because legislators who approved the ballot referendums were elected from racially biased districts. The state Supreme Court announced that litigation filed by the NAACP will be heard […]
2 N.C. justices won’t step away from voter ID case
RALEIGH (AP) — Two North Carolina Supreme Court justices — the son of a powerful legislator among them — said on Friday they won’t step away from hearing a case that challenges a pair of constitutional amendments, one of which mandates photo voter identification. Associate Justices Phil Berger Jr. and Tamara Barringer wrote separately that […]
NC voter ID trial delayed as US Supreme Court examines case
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A federal trial set for January on litigation challenging North Carolina’s voter photo identification law has been delayed while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether legislative leaders should be permitted to help defend the law in court. The Supreme Court said last month it would consider the request of House Speaker […]
Recusal order means NC voter ID case should soon resume
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has declared there are two paths that an individual justice can take when weighing a request to be removed from hearing a case due to an alleged conflict of interest. The order, filed last week by the state Supreme Court but emailed to attorneys Thursday, applies to […]
NC voter ID debate clouded by call for justices’ recusal
RALEIGH (AP) — One of several legal challenges to North Carolina’s contentious voter ID law is on hold amid a dispute over whether two justices on the state Supreme Court — one the son of arguably the state’s most powerful Republican politician — should recuse themselves. The state NAACP’s request that Phil Berger Jr. and […]
Appeals court: GOP lawmakers can’t join N.C. voter ID lawsuit
RALEIGH (AP) — A judge didn’t step over the line when she refused to let North Carolina’s legislative leaders formally defend the state’s latest photo identification voting law with other state government attorneys, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A majority of the 15 judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld 2019 […]
No immediate ruling as North Carolina voter ID trial ends
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A trial on North Carolina’s latest photo voter identification law concluded Friday. Now a panel of judges must decide: were Republicans in the legislature motivated at least partially by racial bias? Or were they purely trying to carry out the public’s desire for secure elections? The […]
COA judge to keep out of North Carolina voter ID case
A North Carolina appeals court judge won’t participate in any deliberations over litigation that challenges the constitutionality of the state’s latest voter photo identification law. The state Court of Appeals announced that Judge Chris Brook recused himself from the voter ID case. The recusal was made known a few days after Republican lawmakers filed a […]
GOP asks COA to hear voter ID case en banc
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders want the state’s entire Court of Appeals to hear arguments on a ruling by three of the court’s judges that set another barrier to implement voter photo identification. A lawyer for House and Senate GOP leaders asked this week that all 15 judges be brought together for what would be […]
Top Legal News
- Justices seem doubtful of SEC’s authority
- $120M judgment entered against failed dam’s owner
- Minneapolis stores where Floyd was killed sue city
- Bessie Sorge: Finding her passion as a freelance paralegal
- Teen charged as juvenile in fatal stabbing at school
- Star’s handwritten will used to distribute real estate
- Families offer to settle Jones’ $1.5B legal debt
- Stephanie Salinas: Finding her niche as a paralegal
- UNC shooting suspect found unfit for trial
- Property case could have widespread legal implications
- Celebs, politicians face Adult Survivors Act lawsuits
- Despite problems, eCourts moves ahead
Commentary
- Name game can end up being blame game
- Stericycle decision forces evaluation of policies, practices
- Are workplace DEI policies still legal after SCOTUS decisions?
- N.C. justices to decide many interesting cases
- Amotion sees resurgence after almost a decade
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Court’s term was rough on big business
- Ex-president, bar association have made their choice
- Ruling sharpens boundaries in attorney-client privilege
- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
