Category: North Carolina Supreme Court

Supreme Court May Back Out of Ruling on Doctrine Empowering State Legislatures to Regulate Elections

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled late March 2 that it is considering dropping a high-profile pending case in which Republicans are asking it to rule that state legislatures have greater power over federal elections. The case, Moore v. Harper, court file 21-1271, is currently being deliberated by the justices after they heard almost three hours…


North Carolina Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Felon Voting

The North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday on whether convicted felons out on probation, parole, or with outstanding fines should be allowed to vote. Filed in 2019, the lawsuit challenges the state law prohibiting people who have been convicted of felonies from voting until they complete their sentences, finish their time on…


North Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Voter ID Constitutional Amendment

The Democrat-controlled Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled along partisan lines that enough electoral districts of the Republican-dominated state Legislature were so racially gerrymandered that the lawmakers may have lacked authority to move two state constitutional amendments forward. The same court ruled earlier this year that the state electoral maps drawn by the Legislature were…