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North Carolina federal judge finds felony disenfranchisement law is unconstitutional

JURIST

A federal judge in North Carolina found on Tuesday that the state’s 147-year-old voting law is unconstitutional. The lawsuit arose when civil rights group North Carolina A. The lawsuit arose when civil rights group North Carolina A. Executive Director of the North Carolina A.

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US Supreme Court declines North Carolina appeal in undercover investigations case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The challenged statute, N.C. North Carolina’s writ of certiorari focused on three arguments.

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US Supreme Court allows North Carolina Republican lawmakers to defend voter ID law

JURIST

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP that two Republican state legislators may step in to defend the state’s voter identification law, even though the state’s Democratic attorney general is already doing so. The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday in Berger v.

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North Carolina man sentenced for threatening House Speaker Pelosi after US Capitol riot

JURIST

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The man, Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., pleaded guilty to interstate communication of threats.

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Models v. Strip Clubs and the Lanham Act

Patently O

2023) involves a set of thirteen different professional models whose images were allegedly used without their permission to advertise for the Capital Cabaret, a strip club halfway between Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina. The motion argues that this information is protected by attorney client privilege as well as work product.

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DEA Reaffirms Synthetic THC Compounds Are Schedule I Controlled Substances

FDA Law Blog

That determination, however, was neither a stretch nor a surprise to Rod Kight, the North Carolina attorney who posed the question to DEA, and to those who have recently analyzed whether certain cannabinoids are controlled, and if so, how.

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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

The measures range from requiring certification that prosecutors have followed the rules of discovery to eliminating the “absolute” immunity from lawsuits currently granted to prosecuting attorneys. Errors of procedure, failure to file appropriate paperwork, missed communications with defense attorneys or the judge are common examples.