The Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Party, and two local GOP officials are asking a federal court to allow them to intervene in three lawsuits challenging the state’s new election law. All three suits challenge provisions in recently enacted Senate Bill 747.
A federal lawsuit that targets North Carolina’s restrictions on felon voting will return to a federal courtroom on Nov. 14. A hearing is scheduled that morning on the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will not let a man proceed as “John Doe” in his federal lawsuit in North Carolina alleging a false accusation of sexual assault. The case had attracted attention from the First Amendment Coalition and UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, namesake of Reason magazine’s “The Volokh Conspiracy” blog.
On Wednesday, North Carolina Republican Sen. Ted Budd called for a halt to any humanitarian aid to Gaza until every American hostage, including those from North Carolina, are home safe.
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ First Amendment lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission is heading to a courtroom next week. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 2 in Greensboro on Earls’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks or months ahead whether to uphold a lower court’s ruling favoring pro basketball star Zion Williamson over his former sports marketing agency. A three-judge appellate panel heard oral arguments in the case Tuesday.
North Carolina Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry has served as interim speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives since Oct. 3 after former speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, was ousted. Given the failed attempts of fellow Reps. Steve Scalise, R- LA, and Jim Jordan, R-OH, to lock up a vote as the next speaker, how likely is it that McHenry will be given extended powers?
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has secured support from 16 self-described civil rights organizations and a group of legal ethics professors in her First Amendment fight against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission. Earls also filed new court documents Friday supporting her case.
A federal judge has pushed back the planned retrial of former top NC political donor Greg Lindberg on bribery and fraud charges until April or May next year. The trial had been scheduled to start in November.
Charles Fain Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor to City Journal, discusses his report, “Who Pays For Reparations? The Immigration Challenge in the Reparations Debate.” Lehman offered these comments during an interview with Mitch Kokai.
Top state legislative leaders have filed paperwork this week to intervene in three recent federal lawsuits. Each challenges state election law. Lawyers for State Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, filed motions to intervene in all three cases in North Carolina’s Middle District.
