North Carolina governor appoints Democrat to fill Supreme Court vacancy
Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper appointed an appellate judge and longtime voting rights attorney to fill a vacancy on the North Carolina Supreme Court created when one of two Democratic justices stepped down early. Riggs currently serves on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, a position Cooper appointed her to last December to fill another vacancy. He also appointed Carolyn Thompson, a deputy commissioner on the state Industrial Commission and a previous district court and superior court judge, to fill Riggs’s seat on the state Court of Appeals. “When it comes to matters of great consequence for people’s everyday lives, they have the smart legal minds to do the analysis, consider each case on its own merits and make decisions that follow the law.” Riggs assured reporters Monday that her history of butting heads with Republican legislators in her previous role as an attorney would not interfere with her judicial responsibilities.
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