Over the last month, the Fair Courts NC coalition toured the state to draw attention to the destructive role partisanship has played on state courts in the last decade and to call for judicial reform.
In both state Supreme Court contests, progressive candidates have handily outraised their conservative opponents.
Democrats currently have a 4-3 majority on NC’s Supreme Court — but they could find themselves in the minority if they lose this November’s elections.
Trey Allen, a lawyer with absolutely no judicial experience at all, won the Republican Primary for North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice on May 17.
Campaign finance watchdog Bob Hall filed a complaint with the North Carolina Board of Elections against NC Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr and four
Source: Associated Press Voting rights for people convicted of felonies have been debated heavily in North Carolina in the past few months. What started as
In North Carolina, the current state law only allows people with felony convictions to vote once they have finished all aspects of their sentence; not
Source: Editorial Board In a decades-long effort to get North Carolina officials to fulfill the state Constitution’s requirement that every child must have access to
State courts have a profound impact on the everyday lives of Americans. According to Business Insider, “an estimated 96% of all legal cases in the
According to Business Insider, “North Carolina’s Legislature has been perhaps the prime breeding ground for partisan meddling and attacks on state courts.” Scorned by Democrat’s