The recent death of longtime Republican redistricting lawyer Thomas Farr could help lead to a delay for a hearing planned next month in a “fair elections” lawsuit. Farr’s colleagues have asked for a delay in the hearing now set for May 22.
A major player in the litigation over North Carolina's district maps and fierce defender of North Carolina's constitutional amendment for Voter ID, Farr was twice nominated to be a federal judge by former president Donald Trump, and twice by former president George W. Bush.
After slogging through a mass of statistical data and redistricting jargon, day three of Common Cause v. Lewis brought the court back to the fundamental questions: the constitutionality of Republicans’ gerrymandered maps and the legal implications of the controversial Hofeller files. Democratic legislative candidates have had to compete under Republican-gerrymandered maps since the 2012 elections....
Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr will get his fourth opportunity to serve in eastern North Carolina’s federal District Court. If confirmed, Farr would fill a vacancy he first was chosen for more than a decade ago. President Trump, citing “judicial emergencies” on federal courts in North Carolina, Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, renominated Farr...
Veteran Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr must wait until 2018 to see if he remains a candidate for the U.S. District Court opening he was chosen to fill in July. The Senate has not voted on Farr’s confirmation, and Democrats have refused to give the routine unanimous consent needed to keep his nomination open into the new...
