Opinion

Supreme Court was right to protect donor privacy, and NC was ready

This decision is good news for every organization that has ever stood in government’s crosshairs for holding the “wrong” views. And it is good news for every North Carolinian who has ever written a check to a cause worth fighting for.

Jeanette Doran
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NC Supreme Court confirms process for defendants to seek police bodycam footage

The North Carolina Supreme Court used an Iredell County case to clarify the process a defendant must use to secure access to police bodycam footage. The 5-2 decision Friday reversed a District Court judge’s 2024 decision against Mooresville Police.

CJ Staff
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Judge permits email for NC trial subpoena of election integrity activist Mitchell

A federal judge will allow left-of-center groups to use email to serve a trial subpoena for election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell. The judge denied the groups’ request to compel Mitchell’s appearance at a trial scheduled later this month in Winston-Salem.

CJ Staff

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Election integrity activist Mitchell wants to avoid testifying in NC trial

North Carolina-based election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell is urging a federal judge to reject requests from left-of-center groups to compel her testimony next month at a trial in Winston-Salem. Mitchell filed court documents Thursday suggesting that she has no relevant information in the case challenging a 2023 state law. It changed rules linked to same-day voter registration, or SDR.

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Critics ask court to compel election integrity activist Mitchell to testify at NC trial

Left-of-center groups challenging a provision of North Carolina election law are asking a federal judge to help them ensure election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell testifies at a trial next month in Winston-Salem. The challenged provision involves same-day voter registration rules.

CJ Staff