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Gov. Roy Cooper appoints Allison Riggs to NC Supreme Court

RALEIGH, NC (Sept 11, 2023) – Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Allison J. Riggs, current Court of Appeals judge and former Southern Coalition for Social…

North Carolina Supreme Court Greenlights Partisan Gerrymandering, Racist Voter ID Law

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court signaled today it will not provide a check on legislative efforts to discriminate against resident voters, vacating two…

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Plaintiffs in Redistricting, Voter ID Cases Respond to Impractical Arguments for NC Supreme Court to Abandon Prior Decisions

RALEIGH, N.C. — Legal briefs filed Friday by plaintiffs’ attorneys in Harper v. Hall and Holmes v. Moore responded to North Carolina Republican lawmakers’ unprecedented…

Voting Rights

NC Supreme Court Majority Breaks Precedent to Rehear Settled Redistricting, Voter ID Cases Post Election

RALEIGH, N.C. — In an extreme departure from precedent, the North Carolina Supreme Court announced Friday it would rehear two cases — one involving statewide…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Argue Against North Carolina’s Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 2, 2021 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 2, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice provided oral arguments before the N.C. Supreme Court…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Asks NC Supreme Court to Affirm Trial Court Ruling Against Discriminatory Voter ID

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 18, 2022
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763
Melissa Boughton, melissa@scsj.org, 830-481-6901
Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906 Durham, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2022)…

Voting Rights

BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPEAL TO N.C. SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS’ REDISTRICTING FAILURES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2021 MEDIA CONTACTS:
Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906
Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763 Raleigh, N.C. (December 7, 2021) — Civil rights groups…

Voting Rights

Civil Rights Groups Appeal to N.C. Supreme Court to address Lawmakers’ Redistricting Failures

Raleigh, N.C. (December 7, 2021) — Civil rights groups appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday to expedite their challenge of the North Carolina legislature’s process for drawing state legislative and Congressional voting maps.

North Carolina Supreme Court Disregards U.S. Supreme Court in Redistricting Case

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NC Redistricting Battle Moves to State Supreme Court

On Monday, January 6, 2014 the Southern Coalition for Social Justice will present oral arguments before the North Carolina Supreme Court, urging the court to…