Opinion
Lawsuit would require state Supreme Court reversal on ‘fair’ elections
A former member of the state's highest court is challenging a 10-month-old ruling from that court on the issue of electoral redistricting.
News
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.
News
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.
Opinion
Judge pokes holes in redistricting challengers’ arguments
US District Judge James Dever argues that plaintiffs fall short of the high standard needed to justify the "odious" sorting of voters by race.
News
Former Justice Orr files suit seeking ruling that NC elections must be ‘fair’
Former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr is asking North Carolina’s courts to declare that the state’s people have a constitutional right to “fair” elections. Orr filed suit Wednesday in Wake County Superior Court on behalf of nine Democrats and two unaffiliated voters. The suit challenges North Carolina's new statewide election maps.
News
Appeals Court agrees to expedite redistricting appeal
A federal Appeals Court will expedite its consideration of a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Appellate judges issued an order Monday granting the plaintiffs’ request for a speedy review.
News
Senate redistricting challengers seek Appeals Court ruling by Feb. 15
Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are trying again to secure an expedited ruling in their case. They have asked a federal Appeals Court to issue a decision by Feb. 15.
News
Judge denies injunction request in state Senate redistricting lawsuit
A federal judge has denied a requested injunction in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision arrived Friday, almost two months after plaintiffs had initially called for court action. Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
News
Legislators hope to consolidate two of three federal redistricting lawsuits
Top state legislative leaders filed paperwork Thursday in federal court to consolidate two of the three lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new statewide election maps. Lawmakers’ court filing suggests that plaintiffs in the two cases oppose the plan.
News
Legislative leaders question plaintiffs’ expert report in Senate redistricting suit
The latest court filing from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map “raises more questions than it answers,” according to a response state legislative leaders filed Monday. US District Judge James Dever set Monday as the deadline for lawmakers to respond to the plaintiffs' filing. Plaintiffs have asked Dever to issue an injunction blocking at least two Senate districts from being used in the 2024 elections.
News
Judge extends state Senate redistricting dispute by at least five days
A federal judge has set a Jan. 22 deadline for North Carolina’s legislative leaders and the state elections board to respond to the latest court filings in a dispute targeting the new state Senate election map. That means the judge will issue no decision this week on an injunction blocking the map.
News
State Senate election fight officially back before Dever
A federal Appeals Court granted plaintiffs' request Tuesday to return a redistricting lawsuit to a Raleigh-based federal judge. Without action from appellate judges, the case challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map would have remained officially with appellate judges until late January.
