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Federal Appeals Court upholds law against deported immigrants’ re-entry

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest federal appellate court to uphold a law against deported immigrants re-entering the United States. Six immigrants charged under the act in North Carolina had challenged the law as racially discriminatory.

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Trial in state Senate redistricting dispute would start no earlier than December

A trial in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map will not take place before the November general election. The earliest possible trial date is Dec. 2, based on proposals submitted in federal court this week. A hearing is scheduled in May in a separate lawsuit in state court calling for "fair elections."

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Appeals Court rejects injunction in state Senate redistricting lawsuit

A federal Appeals Court has decided not to grant an injunction in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision announced Thursday means the state is unlikely to face any changes to the remaining 2024 electoral calendar.

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Full 4th Circuit takes on Maryland gun case that prompted Locke brief

The full 15-member 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals displayed clear divisions Wednesday when considering Maryland’s law banning the AR-15 rifle and other guns described as assault weapons. The case prompted a friend-of-the-court brief from the John Locke Foundation this month at the nation’s highest court.

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Locke joins SCOTUS brief in Maryland gun case

The John Locke Foundation has helped file a friend-of-the-court brief at the nation’s highest court in a case challenging Maryland gun restrictions. Second Amendment supporters filed a petition on Feb. 8 asking the US Supreme Court to take the case, Bianchi v. Brown, before the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals could issue a ruling.

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Appeals Court rules fired white Novant Health executive can collect back pay

A white male executive fired from Novant Health in North Carolina in a diversity-related corporate shakeup in 2018 can collect back pay, based on a ruling Tuesday from a federal Appeals Court. But David Duvall cannot collect punitive damages. A jury initially awarded him $10 million.

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Appellate judge notes ‘concerning conduct’ of US attorney’s office in eastern NC

A federal Appeals Court judge issued her concerns Monday about practices within the US attorney’s office in Eastern North Carolina. Her concurring opinion in a federal firearms case calls attention to the office’s “concerning conduct.”

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Appeals Court to hold Feb. 15 oral arguments in state Senate redistricting dispute

A federal Appeals Court will hold oral arguments on Feb. 15 in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. It’s the same date plaintiffs in the case had requested a court decision about an injunction against the map.

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Cooper, Stein jump into redistricting legal fight again

Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein hope to sway a federal Appeals Court to rule against Republican state legislators in a battle over North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Cooper and Stein, both Democrats, filed a brief Monday evening with the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Legislative leaders and plaintiffs challenging the Senate map filed their own briefs several hours later.

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