Weekend reads: A big court win for Riggs, NC protests Trump, Musk, as Stein sues to block GOP law
Feb 09, 2025 | 9:32 am ET
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Affected voters who spoke at a news conference after the hearing said they received inadequate notice their votes were being challenged. Some, after checking, found all their paperwork was in order. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
Gov. Stein sues to block GOP-led law stripping his power to make court appointments
By Galen Bacharier
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein sued Friday to block part of a Republican-led law that limits who he can appoint to vacancies on state courts.
Senate Bill 382, passed late last year, requires the governor to fill a vacant seat on the Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court with a candidate who belongs to the same political party as the previous occupant of that seat.
State court rules against Jefferson Griffin on challenge to more than 65,000 ballots
| By Brandon Kingdollar |
The Wake County Superior Court ruled the same day it heard the GOP Supreme Court candidate’s challenge to a wide swath of early, absentee, military, and overseas ballots. Just hours after a hearing on Judge Jefferson Griffin’s challenge to more than 65,000 ballots in the state Supreme Court election, a state judge upheld the state election board’s rejection of those claims in a late Friday ruling. |
Thousands protest Trump, Musk, and ‘Project 2025’ at N.C. State Capitol
| By Christine Zhu and Brandon Kingdollar |
The Raleigh protest was part of a movement to hold 50 decentralized protests in 50 states opposing Trump on Wednesday. Thousands of peaceful protesters encircled the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh for hours Wednesday as part of a nationwide movement opposing President Donald Trump and his agenda. |
NC GOP files bill to stop attorney general from challenging Trump’s executive orders
By Christine Zhu
North Carolina Republicans are once again seeking to curb the power of one of the state’s elected Democrats. A bill filed Wednesday in the state Senate would prevent Attorney General Jeff Jackson from joining lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
North Carolina judge finds racial bias in landmark death penalty case
By Christine Zhu
| A North Carolina judge ruled in a landmark case on Friday that race played a key role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his death sentence under the Racial Justice Act.
The court found evidence of discrimination in the case as well as in others filed in Johnston County. |
Raleigh, NC