Inferno

Historic setting offers chance for N.C. Supreme Court reset

The court's seven justices travel to Edenton to address high-profile election cases that already have produced partisan splits.

Clerk takes leave from N.C. Supreme Court while campaigning for state House

A law clerk at the N.C. Supreme Court is taking a leave of absence while he campaigns for a seat in the state House of Representatives. Tim Longest’s boss announced that decision in an order issued Sunday. Republican legislators raised questions Friday about Longest's role in a redistricting case.

Political dysfunction should point us to the disease

“Real Time” with Bill Maher has become one of the last, if not last, American television talk show to air political commentary from a left-wing perspective that is not under the guise of political correctness. While the host, American comedian Bill Maher, views political events through a progressive lens, he does not hold back from...

Supreme Court clerk’s run for N.C. House emerges as issue in redistricting case

Four days before the N.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to take up a case involving N.C. election maps, a new issue has emerged. Republican legislative leaders are raising concerns about a Supreme Court clerk who could be affected directly by the case’s outcome. In a document filed Friday with the state’s high court, lawyers for...