Defendants in a federal lawsuit stemming from an arrest at a 2020 COVID shutdown protest are asking a judge to throw out the case. Four separate motions arrived in US District Court this week seeking dismissal of Monica Ussery’s complaint.
In the wake of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the March 5 primary, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, said he would
An insurance company seeking almost $600 million from former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg is seeking help from the state’s highest court. The company is asking the state Supreme Court to block a ruling earlier this month from the Court of Appeals.
A complaint filed to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in North Carolina’s March 5 primary election was dismissed by the North Carolina State Election Board Tuesday with a vote of 4-1, with board member Siobhan Millen voting no.
A new federal lawsuit targets all three of North Carolina’s new statewide election maps for unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, left-of-center activist group Common Cause, and eight individual plaintiffs want federal courts to block those maps. The lawsuit arrived Tuesday morning, four days after candidate filing ended under the challenged maps.
Three federal judges, all appointed by Republican presidents, will hear a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s congressional election map. Appeals Court Judge Allison Jones Rushing and District Judge Richard Myers will join Judge Thomas Schroeder to consider the suit.
Top North Carolina legislative leaders, the State Board of Elections, and Republican Party groups all urge a federal court to reject an injunction in a lawsuit challenging a new state election law. Plaintiffs working with high-profile Democratic operative Marc Elias' law firm are seeking the injunction.
Companies listed on the Greensboro facility contract are linked to former ICE employee Andrew Lorenzen-Strait who is currently under investigation by the congressional committee on homeland security.
Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein support the plaintiffs seeking a preliminary injunction in federal court against North Carolina’s new state Senate map. Cooper and Stein filed paperwork Tuesday to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
State legislative leaders are asking a federal court to rule on their motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s 30-day residency requirement for voters. If the court permits intervention, lawmakers want the case dismissed.
Critics who want to block North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal judge to issue a ruling in their case by Dec. 29. They warn that a ruling after that date could threaten the state’s scheduled March 5 primary election. They seek a response to their request by Thursday.
