Opinion
Raleigh seeks clarity from NC courts about who can sue over zoning
A legal fight involving a proposed Rockingham County casino has attracted the capital city's attention.
News
Judge will allow no outside briefs in Comey presidential threat case
The judge overseeing the federal criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey in North Carolina will not accept any friend-of-the-court briefs.
Opinion
Anti-tariff SCOTUS brief features basic lesson on trade deficits
It’s hard to justify a national emergency based on a 50-year fact of American economic life.
News
Locke SCOTUS brief challenges Trump’s authority for tariffs
The John Locke Foundation filed a joint brief Friday at the nation’s highest court challenging President Donald Trump’s emergency authority to enact tariffs.
News
Catholic diocese adds First Amendment argument to Turpin case
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte offered a First Amendment argument Monday while supporting a private school in a case at North Carolina's highest court. Two parents are suing the school over its expulsion of two students in 2021. The state Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Oct. 29 in the case Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools.
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Farley said recent court ruling threatens Council of State
NC Labor Commissioner Luke Farley said he would file an amicus brief over the ruling a three-judge panel made last month that initially blocked the NC General Assembly’s plan to shift oversight of the NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to State Auditor Dave Boliek, calling it an "existential threat" to the future of the Council of State.
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Hudson, Harrigan support parents battling Charlotte private school at top NC court
Two Republican members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation have joined 11 GOP state legislators and a dozen groups to support parents in a legal battle against a Charlotte private school. The case has reached North Carolina’s highest court.
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Griffin-Riggs case attracts Elias, left-of-center activists, former county elections directors
Left-of-center activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm hope to take part in the state Court of Appeals’ consideration of an election dispute involving a seat on the state Supreme Court. The case prompted court filings Thursday from the Elias clients and at least four other groups, including more than 40 former county elections directors.
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Left-of-center activist groups file brief opposing Griffin’s ballot challenges
Seven left-of-center activist groups and 26 individual voters filed a court document Monday opposing Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to block the State Board of Elections from counting 65,000 or more ballots from the Nov. 5 election.
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Daschle, Gephardt file brief opposing Griffin in NC Supreme Court ballot dispute
Two former Democratic congressional leaders lead a group of seven former congressmen opposing Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to move an election dispute from federal court to state court. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, two additional Democrats, and three Republicans filed a motion Tuesday seeking to submit an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief in Griffin’s lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Opinion
Deference reform attracts attention from business, farm, free-market groups
Groups with no direct connection to a fired Winston-Salem State University professor's legal dispute have taken an interest in its outcome.
Opinion
How 2 NC cases from 1869 will impact Trump’s ballot case
This Thursday, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, involving whether or not Section 3 of the 14th Amendment excludes former President Donald Trump from the ballot. In many ways, the case has proven that necessity really is the mother of invention. Up until now, Section 3’s history has received...
