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Stein, DAs seek dismissal of ACLU lawsuit against anti-riot law

N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and three district attorneys have filed separate motions to dismiss the American Civil Liberties Union’s federal lawsuit against the state’s updated anti-riot law. Those motions reached U.S. District Court on Thursday, two weeks after the ACLU amended its suit.

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ACLU files federal suit against new NC anti-riot law

The American Civil Liberties Union is going to federal court to try to block North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. The measure is scheduled to take effect Dec. 1, after Gov. Roy Cooper decided not to use his veto stamp against the law. The suit filed Monday argues that “multiple provisions” of the new law are “facially unconstitutional.”

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