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AG, legislative leaders ask N.C. Supreme Court to reject Mecklenburg judicial districts case

Lawyers representing N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican legislative leaders want the state Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit linked to now-repealed Mecklenburg County judicial districts. In a joint filing, both sets of lawyers say the case is moot. The General Assembly voted in 2020 to repeal the law that created the judicial districts....

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Appeals Court rejects challenge of now-repealed Mecklenburg judges’ law

The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling against challengers of a repealed law affecting Mecklenburg County judges. The law would have converted countywide District Court judicial elections into district races. The General Assembly repealed the districting plan in 2020, rendering the legal challenge moot, according to the Appeals Court. The unanimous three-judge panel...

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House overrides first Cooper veto; Senate will consider it Thursday

The House on Wednesday afternoon swatted down Gov. Roy Cooper’s first veto in a 74-44 override vote that would reinstate House Bill 100. The measure restores a longstanding practice of identifying District and Superior court judicial candidates on election ballots by political party registration. The Senate scheduled a vote on a veto override Thursday. Cooper...

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