In Tuesday’s 2022 midterm elections, Republican candidates came out ahead in the state’s six statewide judicial races.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The three masters charged N.C. taxpayers $690 an hour for their work on maps.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislative leaders and their redistricting critics could battle over court-ordered fees for the work of special masters.
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to deny N.C. legislators’ request to block a court-drawn congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal dispute over a new congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan unanimous three-judge panel has upheld newly drawn maps for North Carolina’s legislative elections. But the same panel has rejected a revised map for congressional elections.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 11:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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redistricting in danger
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 4:43 pm
By: John Steed
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There is big money in the dark shadows of the left’s activist networks, and its most well-kept secret is infiltrating North Carolina.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2021 @ 5:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A joint statement from John Locke Foundation and Civitas Institute
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 12:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Newby’s election completed a Republican sweep of eight statewide judicial seats, including three at the Supreme Court and five on the Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If they played football, they’d wear long, black jerseys, and their end zone would be a judicial bench.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 11:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the courts rule against laws our legislature has passed, which they often do, it never seems to enter lawmakers' minds that those rulings are because of their own wrongheaded notions
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In politics, the karma may not be instant - but it will get you, sooner or later. Want examples? Just check out the political headlines of the past few weeks
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 @ 12:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the second straight election cycle, a race for a single seat on the N.C. Supreme Court could end up playing a more important role than most voters realize
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s legal team is counting on the N.C. Supreme Court to overturn a recent trial-court ruling in a dispute over state elections management
Published: Sunday, November 26th, 2017 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court handed down twice as many 4-3 decisions Friday as it had during the rest of the year
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since the 2016 election, many N.C. Republicans have feared - and many Democrats have hoped - that a partisan realignment on the N.C. Supreme Court could put the brakes on policies and programs put forward by the GOP-led General Assembly
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the recent news on North Carolina's political maps and redistricting has you confused, you're not alone
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 1:39 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A legal battle between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican leaders in the General Assembly over the creation of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement is bypassing the Court of Appeals
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 @ 12:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Chief Justice Mark Martin isn't happy with the way state judges get on the bench
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans in the General Assembly have contended nonpartisan elections mask important candidate information from the voting public
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2017 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he wants to defund North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program against the will of North Carolina's conservative legislative majority
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One key consequence of the 2016 elections in North Carolina was that the state's court system drew a great deal of attention
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 @ 2:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Democrats have spent much of the last week indignantly denouncing an array of Republican actions, attitudes, and options as "outrageous" and "inconceivable."
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 12:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will be dissecting Tuesday's elections for months to come but there are some immediate takeaways from the outcomes. With three notable exceptions it was a great year for Republicans in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Typically, experts and analysts can distill an election's outcome down to a small list of reasonable conclusions
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a night of impressive Republican victories across the country, and right here in North Carolina, the state's Democrats may well have accomplished their top priority of defeating Gov. Pat McCrory - by a whisker.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has moved to the left.
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 @ 6:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A stunning election night ended with several election races - including the contest for governor - unresolved, even as Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr scored significant victories and the GOP retained its supermajority status in the General Assembly
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One snake making headlines recently in North Carolina is the infamous 12th Congressional District, which winds its way from Greensboro to Charlotte, traveling a path that looks remarkably similar to Interstate 85
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 @ 5:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a nonpartisan race that could tip the ideological balance on the state Supreme Court, Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan and sitting Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Bob Edmunds each are touting his respective experience, track record, and judicial temperament as reasons to sit
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump "is Clinton's to lose at this point," and Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just after an office was firebombed in Orange County and after race riots erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina Democrats have chosen to pour gasoline on an already explosive fire.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 4:45 pm
By: jonah
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