JURIST

JUNE 2, 2022

North Carolina State Senators Wednesday advanced legislation that will prohibit public school classroom instruction regarding sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade. In response to the bill’s latest advancement, the ACLU of North Carolina wrote “The bill has passed.

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MARCH 22, 2022

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The North Carolina State Conference for the NAACP sued the state over SB 824 , the voter ID law at issue, which requires photo identification to vote. The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in two pending cases, Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. and Berger v.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Wednesday to consider whether North Carolina Republican legislators can intervene in a case to defend the state’s voter ID law. The law, Senate Bill 827 , requires all North Carolina voters to provide identification before voting.

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MAY 5, 2025

“Federal judge orders NC to certify Riggs as winner in Supreme Court election”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. ” The Carolina Journal reports that “ Federal judge rules for Riggs, orders her certified as NC Supreme Court winner.”

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APRIL 22, 2025

“Federal judges block NC Supreme Court election cure process — for now”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. Whats Next? ” You can access today’s order of the U.S.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The post Good Job, Jesse Binnall, You Finally Read The North Carolina Pleading Standards appeared first on Above the Law. And you pro hac-ed in, too!

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MARCH 21, 2025

” Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. ” The Carolina Journal reports that “ Appeals Court panel wrestles with NC Supreme Court election dispute.” “GOP challenge of 65K ballots goes before NC Court of Appeals. When could race be decided?”

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Elon University plans to open a part-time, in-person law school in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the only other law school operating in the city

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Above The Law

JANUARY 8, 2024

The post These North Carolina Paralegals Are Suing For The (Limited) Right To Practice Law appeared first on Above the Law. Should you really need to pass the bar to be able to help someone file for divorce? Probably not.

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2024

US District Judge Thomas Schroeder issued an opinion on Sunday finding unconstitutional and blocking a new North Carolina provision designed to tighten restrictions on same-day voter registration. ” SB 747 is not North Carolina’s first election legislation to be contested.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

.” The defendants have been accused of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman and Clayton Acts, that prohibit anti-competitive business practices and unfair monopolies.

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MAY 7, 2025

“America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers; He did the right thing in North Carolinas Supreme Court fight, and he deserves praise”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block orders by courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts. The North Carolina case. The North Carolina dispute, Moore v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday dismissed an appeal regarding the constitutional validity of North Carolina Farm Act 2017. The court noted 95 percent of workers in North Carolina’s large agricultural sector are “Latinx,” and that the provisions in question are of benefit to those workers.

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APRIL 14, 2025

“Were Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing North Carolina Candidate Being Declared the Winner”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

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. ” Advocates for the formerly incarcerated are expected to appeal the appellate court’s decision to the North Carolina Supreme Court.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Medical experts from Duke University Wednesday warned that proposed laws targeting LGBTQ+ youth in North Carolina will have harmful effects on mental health and safety in schools. ” Senate Bill 43 would restrict gender-affirming care across the North Carolina, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 8, 2025

* North Carolina Supreme Court threatens to overturn election result by tossing 60,000 votes to protect the losing Republican candidate. Bloomberg Law News ] * But Republican AGs -- having solved all the problems in their states -- are looking to sue the American Bar Association for having a diversity rule.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday denied petitions in Pennsylvania and North Carolina election map cases, allowing new district maps to go into effect. In the North Carolina case, Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence allowing the map. The move comes after courts in both states rejected maps drawn by the state legislatures.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , the justices will weigh in on an effort by Republican legislators in the state to intervene to defend the state’s voter-ID law. The court of appeals explained that the state’s attorney general, who is a Democrat, was already adequately defending the voter-ID law. In Berger v.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2022

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling, reports the Associated Press. The law was struck down in March. million registered voters in North Carolina.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Depending on your point of view, there’s either lots new or “not so much” new with law firm ownership. In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. New Developments in Law Firm Ownership. Australia and the United Kingdom already permit outside ownership of law firms. The post What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

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JUNE 9, 2021

“Appeals Court Denies GOP Bid to Defend North Carolina Voter ID Law; A divided en banc Fourth Circuit ruled Republican state lawmakers cannot intervene to defend the North Carolina General Assembly in a challenge to the state’s controversial voter ID law”: Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service has this report on an 9-to-6 en banc ruling (..)

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APRIL 22, 2025

“Griffin opposes 4th Circuit intervention in NC Supreme Court election dispute”: The Carolina Journal has this report. And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “ Judge Griffin Ignores Justice Scalias Bush v. ” You can view Griffin’s Fourth Circuit filing at this link.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

A group of 505 law professors and faculty have signed a letter that was delivered to the US House Committee on Wednesday, condemning the investigation into Rutgers University Newark Center for Security, Race, and Rights (CSRR) for campus antisemitism. Virginia Foxx. Such investigations have led to the resignation of two university presidents.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, North Carolina will require psychological screenings of sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers prior to certification or employment in an attempt to educate law enforcement on maintaining good mental health and provide information to officers on mental health resources available to them, reports the Sun Journal.

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MARCH 3, 2023

“Supreme Court asks for more briefings in major voting rights case in North Carolina”: Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole of CNN have this report. ” And at the “Election Law Blog,” Derek Muller has a post titled “ ‘Final judgment,’ not mootness, at issue in latest Moore v. .”

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2023

North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on a bill that would allow residents to buy a handgun without a permit. Roy Cooper obstructing our Constitutional rights, today marks a long overdue victory for law-abiding gun owners in our state. By successfully overriding Gov.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 5, 2022

The post An Exclusive Search For A Volvo Senior Regulatory Counsel Based In North Carolina appeared first on Above the Law. Work for an industry leader with a collaborative culture. Live in an ideally sized, low-cost city.

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MAY 1, 2025

elections board, boosting chances of reversing high court race; A law giving a Republican official power to appoint the North Carolina elections board could impact a Democratic judge’s victory; Legal battles continue on both fronts”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report. “GOP takes over N.C.

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APRIL 28, 2023

” Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ North Carolina’s Highest Court Reverses Course on Voting Decisions; Court with new Republican majority rejects gerrymandering challenge, allows voter-ID law, bars voting rights for some felons.”

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APRIL 28, 2023

Harper after the latest North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the partisan gerrymandering case?” ” Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.” Harper after the latest North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the partisan gerrymandering case?”

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

“Wake court to hear arguments in GOP challenge of 65,000 votes in NC Supreme Court election”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. The Carolina Journal reports that “ Riggs, elections board signal plans to take ballot dispute back to federal court.”

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

“North Carolina Republicans Ask SCOTUS To Decimate Voting Rights in Every State; It’s audacious, but scarily still might work”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “ Election Law Blog ” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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JUNE 14, 2022

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.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

“GOP Wins in Partisan High Court Races Has Party Mulling Tweaks; GOP sees court wins in North Carolina, Ohio with party labels; Montana lawmaker pushing to change court election ballots”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

“North Carolina Supreme Court Grants Rehearing in Case Striking Down Congressional Districts as a Partisan Gerrymander, Potentially Mooting U.S. Harper”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” Supreme Court’s Independent State Legislature Case, Moore v.

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