State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina’s Judicial Standards Commission. She alleges the group wants to “chill her right to speak on matters of public concern.”
A former student challenging his expulsion from the University of North Carolina opposes the university’s request to have his federal lawsuit moved closer to the Chapel Hill campus. The student argues that UNC botched a sexual assault investigation against him.
An Army Special Forces veteran from Gastonia is taking a second stab at running for Congress.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board is suing major social media companies for contributing to a “mental health crisis” among American children. The board filed its 184-page complaint Thursday in US District Court for North Carolina’s Western District.
US Attorney Dena King’s office is objecting to defense lawyers’ request to step away from the bribery retrial of Greg Lindberg and co-defendant John Gray. King’s office argues that the request could delay the retrial now scheduled for November.
Opponents of North Carolina’s new voter identification law are defending their request to reopen discovery in a federal lawsuit against voter ID. Republican legislative leaders and state election officials have argued against additional discovery.
Jon Sanders, director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life at the John Locke Foundation, assesses Dr. Mandy Cohen’s record as head of North Carolina’s top health agency. Cohen is now director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sanders offered these comments during an Aug. 22, 2023, interview on One America...
State legislative leaders’ latest court filing in a legal battle over abortion pill restrictions cites the “major questions doctrine.” That’s a principle in federal legal arguments that Congress does not delegate issues of major political or economic significance to administrative agencies.
The Democratic attorney general's defense of a new state law marks a rare case of unity with Republican legislative leaders.
A federal class-action lawsuit led by a Cleveland County Emergency Services worker would head to trial in November 2024, under a schedule released this week. If successful, current and former employees could collect back pay in the dispute involving overtime.
A split 2-1 ruling from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow a lawsuit to proceed against the city of Charlotte in a fatal 2017 shooting by a police officer. Appellate judges revived most of a suit that had been tossed out by a trial judge.
