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It would be very surprising if North Carolina Democrats didn't make significant gains in the next election for General Assembly - whenever that may be
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2017 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper ordered the General Assembly to convene Thursday in a concurrent special session to redraw state electoral maps
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When trying to make sense of North Carolina's legal fights over electoral redistricting, one is reminded of an old line from baseball stadium vendors: "You can't tell the players without a scorecard."
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 3:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, it was announced that the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a lower court ruling ordering North Carolina legislators to redraw state legislative districts
Published: Friday, January 13th, 2017 @ 11:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement following the recent 4-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether to stay a lower court ruling on the state's voter ID law...
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement following the recent 4-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether to stay a lower court ruling on the state's voter ID law
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Several state Supreme Court justices showed skepticism during a Wednesday hearing over the constitutionality of a recent law establishing "retention" elections for appellate court judges
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered some interesting surprises in the consolidated group of cases known as Zubik v. Burwell
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's highest court on Tuesday took up the issue of whether the N.C. General Assembly exceeded its constitutional limits when it revoked the Town of Boone's extraterritorial zoning powers in 2014
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chief Justice John Roberts has allowed the lower court ruling on North Carolina's congressional districts stand.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2016 @ 10:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A Virginia congressional redistricting case expected to be argued March 21 before the U.S. Supreme Court could suggest the eventual outcome of North Carolina's similar congressional redistricting dispute
Published: Monday, February 29th, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death, and the resulting 4-4 philosophical divide among the remaining justices, likely swung Chief Justice John Roberts' decision not to issue a stay in North Carolina's congressional redistricting case, say several political science professors
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 @ 2:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters, candidates, and political partisans exchanged sharply divided views and occasional vitriol Monday in a marathon public hearing about North Carolina congressional redistricting in the wake of a federal court decision placing the scheduled March 15 primary in jeopardy
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2016 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More and more frequently courts have become not just arbiters but de facto legislators of laws. Perhaps we can blame this on a stagnant Congress, partisan legislatures or a more litigious society, but courts on both state and federal levels have become increasingly important in all phases of our lif
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 10:05 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A mere 22 days before the start of early voting and with 4 million voter guides in the mail to North Carolina residents, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that the state cannot enforce...
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Republican state lawmaker pledged to protect property owners from being annexed involuntarily into the five cities that sued the state over Annexation Reform legislation that passed last year.
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2012 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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