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Legislative leaders launch probe into Cooper-era early prisoner releases
Legislative leaders announced a new subcommittee to investigate early prisoner releases under former Gov. Roy Cooper and examine oversight of the decisions.
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ACLU, Cato join forces to support defendant’s 2A case at top NC court
The ACLU of North Carolina and the libertarian Cato Institute are working together to support a challenge of North Carolina’s law banning felons from possessing guns.
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Judge dismisses ACLU’s federal lawsuit against NC anti-riot law
A federal judge has dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union’s federal lawsuit against North Carolina’s anti-riot law. State Attorney General Josh Stein and three local district attorneys targeted by the suit had asked for the dismissal.
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The voter ID boogeyman
It all started over a decade ago. The year was 2013, and North Carolina inaugurated its first Republican governor in decades. He would work alongside a majority-Republican state legislature, the first double Republican leadership in over a century, after nearly 150 years of domination by Democrats. Soon thereafter, reports started to emerge, murmurs that within...
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Stein’s opposition spells bad news for ACLU anti-riot lawsuit
The Democratic attorney general's defense of a new state law marks a rare case of unity with Republican legislative leaders.
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ACLU defends anti-riot lawsuit against Stein’s motion to dismiss
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina urges a federal court to allow its lawsuit to continue against the state’s new anti-riot law. The state attorney general and local district attorneys have asked the same court to dismiss the suit.
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Stein, DAs oppose ACLU’s move to block anti-riot law
NC Attorney General Josh Stein and three local district attorneys urge a federal court to reject a request to block North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. The American Civil Liberties Union is pursuing a preliminary injunction against the law.
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Stein, DAs seek dismissal of ACLU lawsuit against anti-riot law
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and three district attorneys have filed separate motions to dismiss the American Civil Liberties Union’s federal lawsuit against the state’s updated anti-riot law. Those motions reached U.S. District Court on Thursday, two weeks after the ACLU amended its suit.
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ACLU tweaks lawsuit against NC anti-riot law after recent amendments
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has modified its lawsuit against North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. ACLU took action six days after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill amending one of the law’s challenged provision
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ACLU, Institute for Justice join debate over NC Supreme Court’s Ace Speedway case
The N.C. Supreme Court issued orders Monday allowing attorneys from both the ACLU and Institute for Justice to file briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight against the state’s top health official. State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley is urging the high court to reverse the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel ruled in August 2022 that speedway owners could pursue a lawsuit against Kinsley over a forced shutdown in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ACLU seeks injunction against new anti-riot law, wants all DAs as defendants
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking an injunction against North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. ACLU is also asking a federal judge to rule that every local district attorney will be treated as a defendant in the case.
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ACLU files federal suit against new NC anti-riot law
The American Civil Liberties Union is going to federal court to try to block North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. The measure is scheduled to take effect Dec. 1, after Gov. Roy Cooper decided not to use his veto stamp against the law. The suit filed Monday argues that “multiple provisions” of the new law are “facially unconstitutional.”
