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On Friday, Feb. 17, North Carolina Republican legislators submitted their opening brief in a previously decided redistricting case, Harper v. Hall, that the North Carolina Supreme Court’s new GOP majority agreed to rehear.
On Thursday, Feb. 9, North Carolina Republicans introduced Senate Bill 88, the so-called Election Day Integrity Act, which would require all election officials to only count mail-in ballots that arrive by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day.
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, North Carolina Republicans introduced House Bill 71, a bill that would raise the retirement age for state judges to 76 years old.
On Friday, Feb. 3, the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to rehear two cases.
On Thursday, Feb. 2, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral argument in Community Success Initiative v. Moore, a lawsuit challenging the state’s felony disenfranchisement law.
On Friday, Jan. 20, North Carolina Republicans asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to rehear a case challenging a restrictive photo ID to vote law after the court shifted from blue to red in the 2022 midterm elections.
On Friday, Jan. 20, North Carolina Republican legislators asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to rehear a case over the state’s congressional and legislative maps, a blatantly partisan move after control of the state Supreme Court flipped to red in the 2022 midterm elections.
On Friday, Dec. 16, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a 4-3 opinion affirming a trial court’s decision to permanently block Senate Bill 824, a 2018 law that provides a narrow list of qualifying photo IDs acceptable for voting in the state.
On Friday, Dec. 16, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to block the remedial North Carolina Senate map and uphold the remedial North Carolina House map.
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Moore v. Harper, a case that gives the Court the opportunity to consider the fringe independent state legislature theory.