The N.C. Supreme Court will wait until next year to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit dealing with felon voting rights. A court order issued Thursday rejected plaintiffs’ request to hear the case in the next two months.
Legislative leaders reject a proposal to have the N.C. Supreme Court hear arguments in a felon voting case as early as this month. Lawmakers filed paperwork Tuesday objecting to a plan from felon voting advocates.
Carolina Journal recently surveyed the four candidates running for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Below are their answers to core questions on personal judicial philosophy. Read carefully, because the stakes are high. November's two races could shift the balance of power on the state's high court.
The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the weeks ahead whether the General Assembly will need to redraw state election maps again. The state’s highest court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case challenging maps used for this year’s legislative and congressional elections.