It’s likely that all seven members of North Carolina’s Supreme Court will take part in Wednesday’s rehearing of a case dealing with voter identification. Justice Tamara Barringer issued an order Monday rejecting a motion for her to recuse herself from the case. Justice Phil Berger Jr. is likely to follow suit.
As critics of North Carolina’s new election maps take their case to the state Supreme Court, lawyers on both sides of the case are taking aim at justices they want to drop out of the case. Along with official notices of appeal, one document filed in the state’s highest court within the past day was...
The Court doesn’t choose its justices. The people choose the Court’s justices by electing them.
Nearly two dozen N.C. law professors have signed on to two new friend-of-the-court briefs in a high-profile N.C. Supreme Court case involving voter ID. Both briefs filed Tuesday urge the state Supreme Court to remove two Republican justices from hearing the case. Thirteen professors have signed onto a brief as N.C. professors of constitutional law....
The current actions of the Democrat majority on the state Supreme Court, their liberal activist supporters, and the editorial writers of the state’s largest newspapers have made their position clear. Hundreds of years of precedent, tradition, and the written code of judicial ethics do not apply to you if you are elected by the citizens...
A new N.C. Supreme Court order confirms that the court’s justices are considering whether to remove two colleagues from hearing a high-profile case involving voter ID. Carolina Journal was first to report that the court’s four Democrats were contemplating the move that would block two Republican justices from taking part in the case. It’s a...
Are Democratic activists, cheered on by Democratic leaders, truly willing to undermine popular sovereignty? Can they not foresee how Republicans will respond?
Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons. Her eldest, Amoree, attended private school until the second grade, but Brown lost her job, and the change in circumstances sent him back to public school. When Amoree returned to public school, he found himself miles ahead of other students in his class and became...
It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball. Baseball is a game notoriously resistant to change. It took nearly 70 years for the American League to adopt longtime Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack’s request for the designated hitter. Let’s not forget about how long it took to get lights at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. This year, MLB will see...
Rick Henderson on key political races; Joe Coletti on government efficiency; Jerry Ensminger on military families suing over Camp Lejeune water contamination; Chris Conover on risk of having no health insurance; Jenna Ashley Robinson on college athletics
