SurveyUSA, along with the Civitas Institute, a nonprofit conservative public policy organization, released findings from a flash poll showing a majority of voters support several constitutional amendments proposed this year. The poll was conducted between June 9-12 and surveyed 650…
Updated at 1 p.m. May 16 to include comments from Wake Forest University law professor Michael Curtis The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down the Republican-led General…
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…
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…
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…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay — or delay — a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned the state’s voter ID law. The justices’ action means there will be no voter ID requirement for the Nov. 8 election. The appeals court also…
A top election law adviser to legislative leaders suggests the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts could have a decision fairly quickly on whether to delay an order by an appeals court striking down North Carolina’s voter ID law. “Considering the issue that we’re debating is the Purcell…
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused on Thursday to put a hold on its order striking down North Carolina’s voter ID law and related election reforms while the opinion is on appeal. State Republican leaders have appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. State GOP Executive Director Dallas…
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned major chunks of North Carolina’s broad election reform law passed in 2013, claiming that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder committed factual errors when he threw out challenges to the law. “In holding that the legislature did not enact the challenged…
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder’s decision upholding the sensible election reforms enacted in 2013 may have sent liberal activists into hysterics, but more reasonable North Carolinians should applaud the care Schroeder employed in reviewing and sustaining the law. The judge’s 485-page opinion meticulously details the facts surrounding these contentious…
