A trial in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map will not take place before the November general election. The earliest possible trial date is Dec. 2, based on proposals submitted in federal court this week. A hearing is scheduled in May in a separate lawsuit in state court calling for "fair elections."
A federal Appeals Court has decided not to grant an injunction in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision announced Thursday means the state is unlikely to face any changes to the remaining 2024 electoral calendar.
Federal judges have agreed to consolidate two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new election maps. State legislative leaders had requested the consolidation. Plaintiffs in both cases had opposed the request.
North Carolina’s top legislative leaders are asking a three-judge panel to throw out a lawsuit aiming to establish a state constitutional right to “fair” elections. Former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr filed the suit in January.
Recently, retired North Carolina Supreme Court justice and 2022 redistricting special master Bob Orr filed a lawsuit challenging the redrawn congressional and state legislative maps based on “fairness.” My colleague Dr. Andy Jackson explained how the plaintiffs’ central claim in this lawsuit is just another partisan gerrymandering claim presented under a new name. The case...
Plaintiffs in two federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new statewide election maps oppose state lawmakers’ request to have the cases consolidated. Paperwork filed Thursday outlines the plaintiffs’ objections.
A federal Appeals Court panel could decide soon whether to issue an injunction blocking portions of North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. An injunction would mean delaying at least some state Senate primaries until May.
A former member of the state's highest court is challenging a 10-month-old ruling from that court on the issue of electoral redistricting.
A federal Appeals Court will hold oral arguments on Feb. 15 in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. It’s the same date plaintiffs in the case had requested a court decision about an injunction against the map.
Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein hope to sway a federal Appeals Court to rule against Republican state legislators in a battle over North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Cooper and Stein, both Democrats, filed a brief Monday evening with the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Legislative leaders and plaintiffs challenging the Senate map filed their own briefs several hours later.
US District Judge James Dever argues that plaintiffs fall short of the high standard needed to justify the "odious" sorting of voters by race.
