State Courts
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Opinion: How the NC Supreme Court’s Duke Energy ruling may enrich the chief justice
Why conflict of interest rules for the judiciary should have prevented N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby from ruling on Duke Energy’s rate hike.
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After Hendersonville wall collapses, victims win largest injury claim damages ever in NC
In what is believed to be the largest award for a personal injury claim in North Carolina history, a jury awarded $101 million to two Hendersonville masons who were injured when a wall collapsed in 2021.
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Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans
Federal judges will allow some of North Carolina state lawmakers’ gerrymandered US House districts to go on, but this year’s Trump-endorsed redrawing of a Black voting district is still up in the air.
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7 most notorious true crime cases in North Carolina history
North Carolina has seen its fair share of notorious true crime cases. Here are some of the most well-known.
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Republicans tried to cancel their votes in the NC Supreme Court race. So voters spoke out with a disco party.
Judge Jefferson Griffin lost his race but is still trying to toss out 65,000 votes. At ‘Disenfranchised Disco’ on Friday night, North Carolinians proved that protecting democracy requires mobilization—both on and off the dance floor.
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Opinion: Jefferson Griffin proves he isn’t fit to be on NC’s Supreme Court
With his plea for the NC Supreme Court to overturn his election defeat, Jefferson Griffin and his allies in the Republican Party have resorted to lawlessness.
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Democrat Allison Riggs moves closer to victory in NC Supreme Court race
A recount has been ordered, but the 625-vote margin is likely too big for Republican Jefferson Griffin to make up. At the official end of the state’s vote-counting process, Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, leads her Republican opponent Jefferson Griffin by 625 votes, a margin small enough to qualify for a recount but…
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NC Court of Appeals halts use of UNC digital IDs for voting in November election
In a last-minute ruling, the NC Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Republicans who argued that state law allowed only physical copies of the ID to be used to vote.
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OPINION: This is the most important election in North Carolina in 2024, by far
The governor’s race is crucial. The presidential election is enormous. But in North Carolina, no race has bigger stakes for the democratic process than one low-visibility race for NC Supreme Court.
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Opinion: Why the NC Supreme Court race might be the most important election for NC’s future
In addition to the Supreme Court race, there are also three seats on the NC Court of Appeals on the ballot. Judge Carolyn Thompson, Marion Martin, and Ed Eldred are all incredibly qualified candidates. They believe in the rule of law, that due process and equal protection matter, and that power and money should not…
