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.
The Democratic attorney general's defense of a new state law marks a rare case of unity with Republican legislative leaders.
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.
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.
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
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.
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a measure that would keep charitable donors’ personal information private. “This legislation is unnecessary and may limit transparency with political contributions,” Cooper said in a statement as the reason he rejected the privacy measure on Friday. The text of Senate Bill 636 would have prevented governments from compelling nonprofits to...
A bill expanding where automatic license plate readers can be deployed has passed the N.C. House Transportation Committee, despite objections from several members over privacy concerns. House Bill 87 would allow the Department of Transportation to approve requests from municipalities, counties, and other government agencies to install automatic license plate readers within state rights-of-way. Automatic...
Free speech is important, say political activists on the Left and the Right. That’s a no-brainer, yet it’s also where consensus ends. Groups such as the liberal American Civil Liberties Union and the conservative Generation Opportunity disagree about how best to protect those First Amendment rights. House Bill 527, Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech — which...
