Prudence needed on voter ID
Most North Carolinians believe voter ID is a reasonable precaution against a low-probability but catastrophic event. It would be prudent for politicians and judges to accept that and move on.
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No report can resolve funding debate
On the questions of how much to fund and how to deliver public education, there is no research consensus broad enough to convert into a legal mandate. There never will be.
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State voters still closely split
Few state electorates are closer to the national average in partisanship and ideology than North Carolina’s electorate is.
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Legal scuffle involving Stein, NCGA heads to divided SCOTUS
Who represents the people of North Carolina: the governor or the General Assembly? The eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court may decide that on March 31, when they meet in a conference to consider motions in the lawsuit challenging the state’s 2013 election…
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NCGOP: U.S. actions in Texas lawsuit could aid N.C. voter ID case
RALEIGH – North Carolina Republicans are hopeful that a move by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a Texas voter ID lawsuit will help the state’s chances to prevail before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, Sessions withdrew partially from a lawsuit challenging a 2011 Texas law requiring voters to…
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Cooper, Stein move to drop appeal of ruling in voter ID case
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein, both Democrats, said Tuesday they’ve abandoned the state’s appeal of a court ruling that overturned North Carolina’s voter ID law. GOP leaders called the act a “politically motivated stunt.” Cooper’s office sent a letter discharging outside counsel hired to appeal…
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A.G.’s top deputy supported legislative slush funds
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s selection for chief deputy attorney general wrote a legal memo supporting “contingency funds” that were outside legislative oversight in an opinion that seemed to be at odds with his boss at the time, Roy Cooper, who now is North Carolina’s governor. More than a…
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Analysts: GOP legislature would have leverage if Cooper wins
If Attorney General Roy Cooper’s election day lead over incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory eventually becomes a victory, the incoming Democrat will face an incredibly difficult challenge in pushing any of his agenda through a GOP-dominated General Assembly, election analysts say. “I think he will be one of the highest paid…
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Crime may become election issue
Just as Charlotte protests were devolving into riots, attorney general candidates Buck Newton and Josh Stein were asked about the issues of police shootings and racial tensions.
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Newton, Stein offer sharp contrasts in AG debate
Republican Buck Newton and Democrat Josh Stein agreed on many topics during a debate by the attorney general candidates Tuesday night, but the dueling lawyers did it in sometimes disagreeable fashion on the details. Newton said Stein was hiding “his troubling record as a far left liberal,” and his votes…