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North Carolina GOP Files Ethics Complaint Over Description of Its Abortion Views
1 month, 4 weeks ago

North Carolina GOP Files Ethics Complaint Over Description of Its Abortion Views

Slate  

Three Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature have filed an ethics complaint against state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a former civil rights lawyer who is running for reelection. Yet Riggs’ opponent, Judge Jefferson Griffin of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, had an attack ad ready to go referencing the “investigation” almost as soon as the ethics complaint was …

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State Republicans Try to Remove Top Jurist for Mentioning the Existence of Racial Bias
54 years, 11 months ago

State Republicans Try to Remove Top Jurist for Mentioning the Existence of Racial Bias

Slate  

On Tuesday, it was reported that North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls could be ousted from her seat for judicial ethics violations. She went out of her way to say she didn’t think that this was the result of conscious bias, but “we all have implicit biases.” Earls also criticized decisions by Chief Justice Paul Newby, a Republican, to …

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Three Cases in North Carolina, Decades of Democracy Undone
1 year, 7 months ago

Three Cases in North Carolina, Decades of Democracy Undone

Slate  

I’m not certain North Carolina has become the most anti-democratic state in the union. Justice Anita Earls thundered in dissent that the ruling “stripped” North Carolina voters of the right to choose their elected officials and “demolished the Court’s standing as an independent check on the excesses of the other two branches of government.” But Newby wasn’t going to let …

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N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings
1 year, 7 months ago

N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — In massive victories for Republicans, the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had struck down as racially biased. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who leads a national Democratic group whose affiliate helped support the redistricting litigation, …

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The Biggest Judicial Races in the Country Are in North Carolina. Democrats Are Losing.
2 years, 2 months ago

The Biggest Judicial Races in the Country Are in North Carolina. Democrats Are Losing.

Slate  

North Carolina voters will soon decide whether their state constitution will be defined by a slim Democratic majority that has broadened civil rights or by a new conservative majority that will narrowly interpret the rights of voters, criminal defendants, and people seeking abortion care. In recent North Carolina Supreme Court elections, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and the state Democratic …

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NC judge: No explanation for replacement in ‘Leandro’ case
2 years, 8 months ago

NC judge: No explanation for replacement in ‘Leandro’ case

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A retired judge who has managed longstanding litigation on K-12 education spending in North Carolina for years said he’s received no direct explanation why he’s not handling the next portion of the case. Superior Court Judge David Lee has been overseeing the lawsuit called “Leandro” since late 2016. But this week state Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul …

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Vanderbilt fires women’s basketball coach Stephanie White
3 years, 8 months ago

Vanderbilt fires women’s basketball coach Stephanie White

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt has fired women’s basketball coach Stephanie White after five seasons and a 46-83 record. Within the past week, three starters announced they are transferring including top scorers Koi Love and Chelsie Hall and three-year starter Autumn Newby. This decision comes barely a week after Vanderbilt announced a $300 million project to improve football and basketball facilities …

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Beasley concedes defeat in N. Carolina chief justice race
4 years ago

Beasley concedes defeat in N. Carolina chief justice race

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded on Saturday to Republican Paul Newby in their extremely close election after two rounds of recounts saw little change in the vote margin between them. Newby had led Beasley by 401 votes from almost 5.4 million ballots cast in the Nov. 3 race after a statewide machine recount …

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North Carolina’s First Black Female Chief Justice May Lose Her Seat to Aggrieved White Colleague
54 years, 11 months ago

North Carolina’s First Black Female Chief Justice May Lose Her Seat to Aggrieved White Colleague

Slate  

The North Carolina Supreme Court has confronted systemic racism, reckoned with the state’s Confederate history, and protected voting rights under the leadership of Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to serve as its chief justice. As Newby fought to seize the chief justiceship from Beasley, the North Carolina Supreme Court addressed a major controversy in the state’s criminal law: what …

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