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Supreme Court rehearings in election-related cases officially set for March 14-15

The N.C. Supreme Court will rehear two election-related cases on back-to-back days next month. The court’s official calendar sets a March 14 hearing date for the Harper v. Hall redistricting case. Justices will take up the Holmes v. Moore voter ID case March 15.

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Opinion

The free-market party should repeal price-gouging laws

The N.C. Republican Party is generally considered the most free-market option for voters in this state. The party sets forth its free-market bona fides in their 2022 party platform, specifically Article II, entitled, “The Economy.” Article II states, among other things, that the party supports capitalism and free-market solutions for societal issues. It also states...

Eric Rowell
Opinion

Scheme to strip Supreme Court of jurisdiction would be an attack on our democracy

On Monday, I came across something in the Raleigh News & Observer that read like a letter to the editor from the angry uncle you try to avoid talking with at family reunions. But then I realized it was just Gene Nichol. Nichol, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, was irate about last week’s U.S....

Andy Jackson
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State Supreme Court hears arguments for, against N.C. election maps

North Carolina’s legislative and congressional election maps now sit in the hands of the N.C. Supreme Court, after 90 minutes of oral arguments for and against the maps Wednesday morning. Critics contend the Republican-led General Assembly drew maps to dilute Democrats’ voting power. “In a partisan gerrymander, the leaders already in power manipulate district lines...

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