Stories tagged: "NC Supreme Court"


North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, right, appoints State Court of Appeals Judge Allison Riggs, left, to the North Carolina Supreme Court to fill a vacancy, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
Cooper Appoints Former Voting Rights Attorney to NC Supreme Court

Before she became a judge, Allison Riggs had been heavily involved for more than a decade in litigation to block Republican redistricting maps and laws requiring photo identification to cast ballots.

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The GOP Finally Got Their Wish, But Don’t Let That Stop You From Voting: Here’s What Counts As a NC Voter ID

North Carolinians now have to show a voter ID to vote, a requirement that multiple courts said was unconstitutional and targeted voters of color.

Protesters attend a 2019 anti-gerrymandering rally   in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Democratic NC Supreme Court Justice Won’t Seek Re-Election

Justice Michael Morgan’s announcement highlights the consequences of judicial elections on issues like abortion rights, voting, and gerrymandering.

Reggie Weaver speaks outside the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, File)
NC Supreme Court OKs Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws

The decisions, reversals of the court's previous rulings, give the Republican-controlled General Assembly the ability to entrench their power, without checks or balances. 

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, Republican, speaks in front of the US Supreme Court in December. He urged the US Supreme Court to take up a case his side lost at the North Carolina Supreme Court. The state court, however, has agreed to rehear that case itself. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NC Supreme Court Will Hear Voting Rights Cases It Already Decided

The rehearings not only threaten free and open elections, but also undermine the integrity of the state’s highest court, voting rights groups say.

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, in 2021. The state Supreme Court order last week blocked a long-gestating court order forcing the state legislature to pay out for years of underfunding public schools. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, File)
The Tragedy of North Carolina’s Leandro Case

Last week, a newly-elected Republican majority on the state Supreme Court blocked millions of dollars for underfunded schools. They haven’t just undermined the courts. They’ve undermined all of us.

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‘Power Grab’: New Republican Majority on NC Supreme Court Agrees to Rehear Voter ID and Redistricting Cases Decided in December

The two Democratic justices on the court disagreed with the majority’s decision, with Justice Anita Earls writing that rehearing the redistricting decision was a “power grab” and a “radical break with 205 years of history.”