Two North Carolina professors and one former state House Republican leader have signed on to a brief supporting states that challenge President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs in federal court.
Control over appointments to North Carolina’s State Board of Elections depends on the outcome of a legal dispute that headed to the state’s second-highest court Tuesday afternoon.
North Carolina’s winter weather threat has prompted the state Appeals Court to postpone oral arguments in a dispute over state elections board appointments.
Auditor Dave Boliek hopes the state Appeals Court’s recent ruling in a case pitting the governor against top legislators will affect another case with the same parties.
A bipartisan North Carolina Court of Appeals panel will hear a case on Jan. 27 dealing with control over appointments to the state elections board.
The state auditor and legislative leaders argue that recent court rulings boost their defense of a state law shifting control of elections board appointments.
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.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson celebrated the release of $400 million taxpayer dollars, despite that AmeriCorps failed eight consecutive audits.
State Auditor Dave Boliek and Republican legislative leaders defended in new court filings the state law that shifted control of North Carolina’s elections board appointments to Boliek’s office. A dispute pitting the Republican Boliek and top lawmakers against Democratic Gov. Josh Stein sits now in the state Court of Appeals.
Three Republican members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued the April order that blocked a lower court ruling favoring Democratic Gov. Josh Stein in a dispute over state elections board appointments. Appeals Court rules blocked release of the names of participating judges for 90 days. Now the court has revealed that Judges Julee Flood, Michael Stading, and Tom Murry issued the April 30 order.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will allow State Auditor Dave Boliek to maintain his new appointment powers for the State Board of Elections. The court split, 5-2, Friday in rejecting Gov. Josh Stein’s request to block a lower court order supporting Boliek.
