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TikTok argues case alleging it harms young people should not be heard in state court
North Carolina and other states are suing TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance in state court. TikTok wants state justices to drop the case, saying the case should be heard elsewhere.
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NC Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. won’t seek reelection, opening door to chief justice run
Phil Berger Jr. won’t seek reelection to his associate justice seat on the NC Supreme Court in 2028, when the chief justice seat is also up. He hasn’t announced his next move but says he’s giving “serious thought” to other ways to serve.
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‘Stop politicizing our courts’: Stein vetoes bill letting NC chief justice suspend judges
House Bill 377 would essentially let North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby suspend any trial court judge without pay. Gov. Josh Stein vetoed the bill, saying it "would have a chilling effect on judicial independence."
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NC Supreme Court gives new hope to parents in private school enrollment fight
The case could lead to statewide consequences, possibly paving the way for more lawsuits against private schools over their decisions over who to enroll or not — and, potentially, against other private businesses that choose to cut customers loose.
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Should NC’s top judge be allowed to suspend other judges? State lawmakers say yes
NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby would be allowed to suspend other judges without pay, even without any finding of wrongdoing, under a new bill that’s now up to Gov. Josh Stein to act on.
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Should felons be allowed to own guns? Yes, advocates tell NC Supreme Court
The state’s Republican-majority Supreme Court is interested in exploring an argument that North Carolina’s ban on felons owning guns is unconstitutional. Politicians, law enforcement and different advocacy groups are now jumping in.
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State Rep. Sarah Stevens, running for NC Supreme Court, resigns her seat
Stevens, who was formerly a member of GOP leadership in the legislature, is seeking to unseat Democratic Justice Anita Earls for an eight-year term on the state’s highest court.
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Timeline of events in Leandro lawsuit
The lawsuit was first filed in 1994, but the plan was thrown out on Thursday, April 2, 2026
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State loophole lets Raleigh-area companies cut $745 million from Wake County property rolls
WRAL News found that dozens of North Carolina property owners are using a State Supreme Court ruling to slash their tax bills by partnering with nonprofits, effectively removing $745,785,853 in value from the tax rolls.
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NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has cancer, will continue reelection bid
The Democratic incumbent seeking reelection to the N.C. Supreme Court in 2026, Justice Anita Earls, said her breast cancer diagnosis won't stop her work on the court or her reelection campaign.
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Rhoda Billings, NC lawyer who led the way for women, dies at 88
Former NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Rhoda Billings broke the glass ceiling many times over, in a legal career that paved the way for other women in the field.
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NC Supreme Court case tackles limits on private schools
WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty looks into whether North Carolina private schools can expel a student because of something the parent said or did.
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New trial over Cooper's covid lockdowns ordered by NC Supreme Court
Former Gov. Roy Cooper's Covid-19 lockdown rules should be put on trial, the state's highest court ordered, in a win for business owners seeking restitution.
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North Carolina elections officials make major changes to overseas and military voting
North Carolina elections officials made major changes to overseas and military voting rules Monday in response to court rulings in the 2024 race for a state supreme court seat. Some say those changes should have been made by lawmakers, not officials..
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North Carolina's high court says elections board shift can continue while appeals carry on
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A divided North Carolina Supreme Court confirmed Friday that it was OK for a new law that shifted the power to appoint State Board of Elections members away from the Democratic governor to start being enforced earlier this month, even as the law's constitutionality is deliberated.
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North Carolina court says it's OK to swap jurors while they are deliberating
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's highest court on Friday left intact a murder conviction that a lower appeals court had thrown out on the grounds that a jury shake-up during deliberations violated the defendant's rights and required a new trial.
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Allison Riggs officially sworn in as NC Supreme Court Justice
NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs won the 2024 election for her seat on the court by defeating Republican Jefferson Griffin. The race attracted national attention for her Griffin's attempt to overturn the result by throwing out thousands of voters' ballots.
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Following Griffin case, NC voters face new election rules. Here's what might change
Hundreds of thousands of NC voters, including 100% of overseas voters as well as many others living inside the state, could be affected by changes to election rules following Jefferson Griffin's lawsuit.
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Six months later: Allison Riggs declared winner of NC Supreme Court seat after Jefferson Griffin concedes
The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November's election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs.
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Jefferson Griffin concedes NC Supreme Court race to incumbent Allison Riggs
Jefferson Griffin, the Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat, conceded last November's election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs.
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Republican Jefferson Griffin concedes long-unsettled NC Supreme Court election to Democrat Allison Riggs
Griffin said he wouldn't appeal a federal court decision that ordered state elections officials to count thousands of ballots that the Republican disputed. The concession sets the stage for Riggs to be officially elected to an eight-year term as an associate justice on the state's highest court.
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Federal judge tells state board to certify Riggs' victory in disputed NC Supreme Court race
A federal judge ordered North Carolina elections officials to certify Democrat Allison Riggs' narrow victory in the November election for a seat on the state Supreme Court. GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin has seven days to appeal.
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A lengthy legal battle in North Carolina could show how to flip an election
For months, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to do what President Donald Trump and his allies could not in 2020: overturn an election that did not go their way.
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Q&A: Federal court temporarily blocks ballot verification process
North Carolina elections officials may not yet start the process to throw out potentially thousands of votes from the 2024 elections, federal judges ordered Tuesday night in a case that could decide who wins a seat on the state Supreme Court.
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Federal court temporarily blocks NC from taking steps to throw out ballots in Griffin-Riggs lawsuit
Federal courts will allow NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs to pursue her claim that her colleagues on the state's highest court are violating voters' constitutional rights by ruling in favor of election claims by Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin.
