Three former N.C. Supreme Court justices, all Republicans, are urging the current court not to move forward with forcibly removing colleagues from a high-profile voter ID case.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 8:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Senator Norman W. Sanderson (R-District 2) of Pamlico County was honored by the North Carolina Republican Party by being inducted into the party’s statewide Hall of Fame during its 20th biennial awards banquet in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 11:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A controversial environmental program controlled by North Carolina’s attorney general and funded by hog farm proceeds returned today to the N.C. Supreme Court. The court must decide whether the AG can maintain control of the funding moving forward.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 3:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect retirement benefits for 222,000 former government workers and surviving spouses.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court split 4-3 today while ruling against defendants in a pair of cases involving satellite-based monitoring of convicted sex offenders.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After splitting along party lines just twice in their first six months together, the current lineup of the N.C. Supreme Court has produced four more 4-3 partisan splits today.
Published: Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 @ 9:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal recently reported on the second quarter federal fundraising numbers for declared U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat Appeals Court Judge Lucy Inman advances state supreme court bid, with no open seat yet.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 @ 2:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I spoke today at the General Assembly in favor of S326, entitled “Election Day Integrity Act.”
Published: Thursday, July 8th, 2021 @ 2:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Greenville bar owner’s lawsuit challenging the state Emergency Management Act is heading to a three-judge panel.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A recent Carolina Journal story detailed Attorney General Josh Stein’s fight for school administrators to retain sweeping powers to regulate and punish North Carolina public school students for disfavored speech that occurs off-campus.
Published: Thursday, March 18th, 2021 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In public and behind the scenes, there’s a lot of movement on both sides of the aisle as candidates prepare to enter the race to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, setting up competitive primaries and a general election race in 2022.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 12:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Republican Party has hired Livy Polen to serve as the Press Secretary.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2021 @ 12:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As courthouses begin to reopen across North Carolina, the state’s judicial branch office is preparing to request millions of dollars in funding to help keep them open.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With the U.S. Supreme Court shutting the door this month on future legal action, a state Supreme Court decision will continue to dictate the University of North Carolina’s compliance with public records requests linked to sexual assaults.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 @ 12:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Newly sworn in Chief Justice Paul Newby is wasting little time in getting North Carolina’s court system back up and running.
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 @ 7:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Does it ever get old? The never-ending wash, rinse, repeat cycle of liberals throwing out the race card every time they don’t like conservatives doing or not doing something, even when completely legal, normal and appropriate?
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2021 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court opened the door in 2018 to a potential seismic shift in state government power.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 11:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The front yard of the Executive Mansion was transformed into an outdoor sound stage for the ceremony.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 11:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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In his first major announcement as chief justice, Paul Newby has named Superior Court Judge Andrew Heath director of the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Moments after the N.C. State Supreme Court held its formal ceremonial investiture for all newly elected members, Republicans signaled that the extended closures of North Carolina’s judicial branch ordered by former Democrat Chief Justice Cherie Beasley due to COVID-19 can’t continue under the state
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in 2020 gave Republicans more seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court, including elevating Republican Paul Newby to the Chief Justice seat.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You might expect that the 2020 N.C. Supreme Court elections will guarantee plenty of 4-3 rulings in the year ahead.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A report giving the number of prisoners held by Beaufort County and their location, whether in Beaufort County or other jails, is included in each monthly Commissioners agenda package.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 @ 10:30 am
By: Hood Richardson
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It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Charlotte Observer published an inflammatory, race baiting, factless opinion piece that is a disservice to its readers and is insulting to Chief Justice Cherie Beasley and Chief Justice-elect Paul Newby.
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 9:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As 2020 ends, the State Board of Elections is looking back on a busy and historic year in North Carolina elections.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections on Friday voted unanimously to certify results in the NC Supreme Court Chief Justice contest, with Republican Paul Newby as the winner of the close contest.
Published: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 @ 4:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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