Nearly half of North Carolina’s counties will have access to eCourts by the end of the year. The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts released Friday an updated eCourts rollout plan for 2024.
Unaffiliated voters are hitting the pause button on their federal lawsuit challenging the composition of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections. A court filing Friday indicates the suit will not proceed until state courts resolve a separate suit pitting the governor against state legislative leaders.
U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, got a firsthand look at the devastation left by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel, along with a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation (CODEL) to the Middle East this weekend.
A federal judge spent nearly two hours Wednesday raising questions about a legal challenge against North Carolina’s new state Senate map. US District Judge James Dever will decide in the days ahead whether to grant an injunction that blocks at least part of the map from taking effect.
A federal Appeals Court has dismissed an appeal from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision Tuesday leaves the case with a trial judge in Raleigh. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected plaintiffs’ request to set a deadline for the trial court to issue a ruling in the case.
Federal Appeals Court Judge James Wynn plans to step down from his seat. His decision to take senior status will give President Biden the chance to appoint four judges to the 14-member Appeals Court based in Richmond, Virginia.
A class-action lawsuit filed Monday in federal court challenges solitary confinement for people confined to North Carolina’s juvenile detention centers. The suit cites the “devastating and long-term effects” of keeping juveniles locked up by themselves.
U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis, R-NC, and Marsha Blackburn, R-TN, announced on Monday that they recently introduced legislation that would make it a federal crime to purposely obstruct, delay, or affect commerce by blocking a public road or highway.
Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate map are asking a federal Appeals Court to set a Jan. 15 deadline for a trial court decision about an injunction. That’s if appellate judges choose not to consider the case themselves in the days ahead.
Defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s eCourts implementation object to a proposal to turn the case into a class action. Class-action status would allow the case’s nine current plaintiffs to act on behalf of others with eCourts-related legal complaints.
Top legislative leaders urge a federal Appeals Court to dismiss an appeal from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Lawmakers filed a motion Friday, roughly three hours after the plaintiffs blamed a trial judge for delays in the case.
