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NC Business Court gets new top judge
North Carolina Business Court Judge Adam Conrad takes over as the court’s chief judge effective Saturday. He takes over from current Chief Judge Michael Robinson, who is retiring.
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SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana redistricting case could have NC impact
The US Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s new congressional map Wednesday as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision has implications for North Carolina's redistricting.
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Stein joins governors urging Congress reclaim power over tariffs
On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein joined 18 other Democratic governors in a letter urging Congress to reclaim its authority over tariffs following a 6-3 US Supreme Court ruling that President Donald Trump cannot use federal emergency powers to impose them.
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SCOTUS rules Trump cannot impose tariffs using emergency powers law
The US Supreme Court split, 6-3, Friday in ruling that President Donald Trump cannot use a federal emergency powers law to impose tariffs.
Opinion
The Constitution and its enemies
Today’s would-be philosopher kings are just as hungry for power as their 20th-century predecessors, and they are just as willing to destroy the institutions of constitutional government in order to get it. To prevent that, we must make sure those institutions continue to be well manned.
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Trump nominates four judges for federal courts in North Carolina
North Carolina's Republican senators praised Trump's picks, and play a key role in shepherding them through the confirmation process.
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NC’s Dellinger drops his legal fight after court rules Trump can fire him
North Carolina's Hampton Dellinger is dropping his legal fight to keep his job leading the federal Office of Special Counsel. Dellinger made that announcement Thursday, one day after a federal Appeals Court ruled that President Donald Trump could fire Dellinger.
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Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump plan to fire NC’s Dellinger
The US Supreme Court refused Friday to block a lower court’s decision protecting a federal agency head from President Donald Trump’s plan to fire him. The targeted official ran for lieutenant governor of North Carolina in 2008.
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Robinson drops defamation lawsuit against CNN, former porn store clerk
Former North Carolina Lt.Gov. Mark Robinson has dropped his defamation lawsuit against CNN and a former porn store clerk. Robinson’s lawyers filed a one-sentence notice of dismissal Friday in federal court.
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CNN rebuts Robinson’s arguments while seeking dismissal of defamation lawsuit
CNN takes aim at former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s legal arguments in the latest federal court filing tied to Robinson’s defamation lawsuit against the cable news outlet. CNN is asking a judge to dismiss Robinson’s case.
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Robinson rebuts CNN’s arguments for dismissing defamation lawsuit
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson accuses CNN of attributing “vile and bizarre comments” to him “for sensationalist and spiteful purposes” and to ruin his reputation during his recent campaign for governor. Robinson offered those comments in a federal court filing Thursday in his defamation case against the television network.
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Robinson seeks to have CNN defamation lawsuit moved back to NC court
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is urging a federal judge to return his defamation lawsuit against CNN and a former porn store clerk to state court. Robinson’s lawyers filed a motion Monday to remand the case to the state court system.
