The state’s political universe has been buzzing about Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby‘s removal of fellow Republican judge Donna Stroud as chief judge of the state’s Court of Appeals. Lots
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A new poll sponsored and released by NC Values shows the US Senate GOP primary in a dead heat and the state Supreme Court GOP primary as a toss-up.
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Elections have consequences. And, yes, the last two for our state’s high court have had significant ones — like THIS: Sex offenders have rights, too, and in some
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Mark Martin, the Republican chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, recently announced he was bailing out of that particular sinking ship to take a lucrative opportunity at
Continue readingThe NCGOP is in real danger of going 0 for 2 in Supreme Court races during the Hayes-Woodhouse era. (They’re already 0 for 1 in gubernatorial races.) It wasn’t long
Continue readingThe General Assembly passed an atrocity called The Racial Justice Act in 2009. It allowed for a number of inmate death sentences to be thrown out because a defendant “of
Continue readingSpectrum News just released a poll: Granted, it’s registered voters and not likely voters. But it does fall in line with previous info we’ve seen. Earls’s lead is clearly outside
Continue readingOne only has to look back at the blitz of lawsuits since 2010 to see the power of the judiciary to wipe out conservative and Republican gains at the ballot
Continue readingIn 2016, state Republicans blew what should have been an easy reelection for Supreme Court justice Robert Edmunds. That loss threw the balance of power on the court to Democrats.
Continue readingIn addition to picking a Member of Congress on Tuesday, we get to pick ONE candidate to compete for ONE seat on the state Supreme Court in November. The top two finishers in
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