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US Supreme Court declines North Carolina appeal in undercover investigations case

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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 denial from the Supreme Court offered no explanation or reasoning.

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North Carolina Supreme Court orders rehearings of redistricting and voter ID case

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The North Carolina Supreme Court Friday granted a petition for rehearing for two settled cases. This decision comes after the election of new justices in 2022, which gave the court a 5-2 Republican majority. I am committed to fighting for the rule of law and will of the voters.

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Supreme Court rules against North Carolina Republicans over election law theory

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Share In a major election-law decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that although the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections, state courts can supervise the legislature’s exercise of that power. Roberts agreed that the court did have the power to decide the case on the merits.

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North Carolina appeals court rules same-sex partners eligible for domestic violence protections

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The Court of Appeals of North Carolina ruled Thursday that people who are or have been in a dating relationship with a same-sex partner are equally protected against domestic violence as persons in opposite-sex relationships placed in a similar situation.

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

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The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday in Berger v. 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.

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North Carolina appeals court temporarily enjoins order expanding felon voting rights

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a lower court order that would restore voting rights to more than 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony. ” Moore said, “although this fight is far from over, [he is] confident that the Constitution will prevail in the end.”

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En banc Fourth Circuit affirms federal district court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a North Carolina charter school rule that girls wear skirts

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En banc Fourth Circuit affirms federal district court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a North Carolina charter school rule that girls wear skirts: You can access today’s 10-to-6 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.