The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill opposes a proposed federal court injunction from pro-Palestinian protesters banned from campus last year. The university also seeks to have the protesters’ lawsuit dismissed.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against two Asheville journalists challenging trespass convictions related to their arrests at a 2021 protest. It’s the second time this year the state’s second-highest court has ruled against the journalists.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal from two journalists arrested and convicted of trespassing while covering an Asheville protest in 2021. Appellate judges agreed the appeal failed to include proper paperwork.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the federal conviction of a man who admitted to setting fire to Fayetteville’s downtown Market House during a protest in 2020. The building located in a traffic circle downtown has attracted criticism because of its ties to the pre-Civil War slave trade.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin has filed paperwork to intervene in the North Carolina Democratic Party’s federal lawsuit related to state ballot challenges. Democrats want a federal judge to address the issue.
Republican North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is turning to North Carolina’s second-highest court for an order that would force state election officials to make a final decision about Griffin’s election protests Tuesday. The State Board of Elections had planned to hear oral arguments about the protests the following day, according to a document Griffin filed Friday with the state Court of Appeals.
North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin and two Republican state Senate candidates are urging the state’s high court to take a case pitting GOP groups against the State Board of Elections. The case challenges rules the state elections board is using for counting ballots from overseas voters.
A man who lost two fingers after a 2020 protest in Charlotte is dropping his First Amendment lawsuit against the city and police officers. Kyre Michell filed a stipulation of dismissal Tuesday in US District Court.
Brianna Kraemer, Carolina Journal reporter, discusses the Flagstock ’24 celebration for University of North Carolina fraternity brothers who protected the American flag during an anti-Israel protest last spring. Kraemer offered these comments during a Sept. 3, 2024, interview with One America News Network.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has thrown out a trial judge’s order against the leader of a group protesting against the Durham County Department of Social Services. Appellate judges ruled that the trial court needed to provide additional information justifying the order.
Like many terms that have been stretched beyond all utility, a definition of terrorism that is more about ends than means only remains useful as a tool to slander opponents.
