State Supreme Court
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‘Going to Carolina’: Cardinal & Pine talks with Roy Cooper, Anita Earls
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls will be joining Cardinal & Pine today for a virtual convo about the 2026 election.
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NC Supreme Court throws out Leandro school funding orders
The GOP-dominated NC Supreme Court decision vacates a 2023 trial court order requiring the state to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars for public education.
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Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss threatens judicial integrity, more than 200 NC judges and attorneys say
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments on Friday in Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out more than 65,000 votes so that he can win state supreme court election he lost to Allison Riggs. This week the state’s legal community warned Griffin that his lawsuit is damaging the state court system. You…
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Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 votes finally gets a court hearing on the merits
There have been several previous rulings in separate courts, both state and federal, but those dealt with procedural issues. On Friday, a state judge will hear the first arguments about the fundamental questions at hand.
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Army helicopter pilot killed in DC plane crash was one of the NC voters Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise
Rebecca Lobach voted by absentee ballot in the 2024 election. She is among the more than 5,500 North Carolina active duty military voters out of state whose votes Jefferson Griffin is seeking to discard so that he can win the state supreme court election he lost.
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NC Supreme Court stalls Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss, but hints at a long road ahead
The court ruled that Griffin improperly attempted to bypass a lower court when he petitioned the issue directly to them, and ordered the case sent to the Wake County Superior Court, which, by law, should have gotten first crack. And now, a case that has dragged well into the new year has no end in…
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On Tuesday, advocates will read the names of all 60,000 voters Jefferson Griffin wants to erase
A grassroots group and many of the lawful voters whose votes are being questioned will gather in the cold to read each name. Temperatures before dawn on Tuesday are expected to fall below 30 degrees in Raleigh, a data point you might assume has nothing to do with Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to erase…
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‘We shouldn’t be here’: Effort to throw out votes in NC Supreme Court race threatens election integrity, Riggs says
Justice Allison Riggs sat down with Cardinal & Pine this week to discuss her opponent’s challenges to 60,000 votes.
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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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Recount confirms Riggs victory in NC Supreme Court Race, as focus shifts to 60,000 challenged ballots
The North Carolina State Board of Elections will hold a hearing on Wednesday to consider challenges to more than 60,000 votes the losing candidate Jefferson Griffin says should not have been counted. Most of those challenges are of voters who are missing some registration information, but there are many valid reasons those details could be…
