The U.S. Supreme Court could rule soon against the use of race in admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. If so, it’s unlikely to mean an end to the use of race in college admissions. That’s the key point in a new Manhattan Institute report, “After Affirmative Action, Meritocracy?” Author Robert VerBruggen, a Manhattan Institute fellow, discusses his work.
A Brunswick County charter school operator defending its dress code in a federal lawsuit is rebutting recent arguments from the U.S. solicitor general’s office. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar urged the U.S. Supreme Court in May to reject the case titled Charter Day School v. Peltier.
The U.S. Supreme Court will review two cases next month with N.C. ties. Either case could return the Tar Heel State to national headlines when the nation’s highest court starts its next term in the fall. Justices have set June 15 as the date to consider whether to take up Quad Graphics v. N.C. Department of Revenue and Diaz-Tomas v. North Carolina.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar recommends that the U.S. Supreme Court reject a case involving a disputed skirt requirement for girls attending a charter school in Brunswick County. Prelogar agrees with a 10-6 majority on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Charter Day School is a “state actor” in the context of the disputed requirement.
North Carolina’s solicitor general is urging the nation’s highest court to reject a case challenging the state Revenue Department’s assessment of sales tax on out-of-state transactions. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks whether to take the case titled Quad Graphics v. N.C. Department of Revenue.
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide soon whether to take N.C. cases dealing with sales taxes and DWI prosecutions.
Lawyers for N.C. state government are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a case involving the prosecution of impaired driving cases in the Tar Heel State. Two DWI defendants claim prosecutors left them in legal limbo when they refused to enter guilty pleas.
Parties involved in the high-profile Moore v. Harper redistricting case offered a split decision Thursday on whether the U.S. Supreme Court should dismiss the case. Republican legislative leaders and plaintiffs linked to the left-of-center activist group Common Cause urge the nation’s top court to keep the case and address its major constitutional issues. But two other sets of plaintiffs, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s state Justice Department, and the U.S. solicitor general call on the court to dismiss the case as moot.
The libertarian Cato Institute is supporting the bid of two N.C. drunk driving defendants to have their case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The defendants claim authorities have denied their right to a "speedy" trial.
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked parties in the high-profile Moore v. Harper redistricting case to submit new briefs by May 11. Those briefs will help the court decide whether to keep or dismiss the case.
Lawyers representing both sides in a major U.S. Supreme Court case have alerted the court about a ruling from North Carolina that could affect the case’s outcome. Attorneys in the Moore v. Harper redistricting case submitted a one-paragraph letter Wednesday to the U.S. Supreme Court clerk.
