North Carolina Supreme Court

North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin

North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of their own seats

3:40pm January 07, 2025

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina's highest court blocked on Tuesday the certification of a November election result for one of its own seats so it can review legal arguments by a trailing candidate who contends over 60,000 ballots that were cast shouldn't be counted.

State elections board wants battle over North Carolina Supreme Court race to stay in federal court

1:10pm January 07, 2025

by Rusty Jacobs, WUNC

The ongoing saga over the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat is in the hands of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, for now.

Tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court is heading to another recount

9:53pm December 03, 2024

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The very close election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat heads next to a hand recount even as election officials announced a machine recount of over 5.5 million ballots resulted in no margin change between the candidates.

North Carolina court race is extremely close as counties complete election tallies

10:06am November 18, 2024

by Associated Press

An already close race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat reached a razor-thin margin as most counties completed final tallies from the Nov. 5 election.

Politics & Government

Case heard by NC Supreme Court may affect how partisan officials file voter fraud claims

11:14pm April 11, 2024

by Makiya Seminera, Associated Press

An attorney representing voters accused of fraud in the 2016 election warned North Carolina’s highest court that their eventual decision could allow political operatives to make voter fraud allegations without consequence — but the justices had several questions.

Image shows the North Carolina Supreme Court building

Courts

N.C. Supreme Court suspends Guilford judge

4:46pm March 25, 2024

by Paul Garber

The state’s highest court has suspended a Guilford County judge after finding she violated the judicial code of conduct.

A North Carolina court justice wants to block an ethics panel probe, citing her free speech

9:25am August 30, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A Democratic justice on North Carolina's Republican-majority Supreme Court sued an ethics panel

Politics & Government

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Morgan won't seek reelection next year

1:07pm May 18, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

One of the remaining registered Democrats on a North Carolina Supreme Court whose new Republican majority recently overturned previous decisions on gerrymandering and voter identification announced Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year.

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger

Politics & Government

N. Carolina justices quickly revisit redistricting, voter ID

3:27pm March 13, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The North Carolina Supreme Court is revisiting this week whether a previous combination of justices g

Politics & Government

North Carolina’s gerrymandering case before U.S. Supreme Court considered one of the "most important" in 100 years

3:40pm November 01, 2022

by David Ford

Congressional redistricting is on the U.S. Supreme Court docket in December, with North Carolina front and center. Moore v. Harper will decide whether the state Supreme Court can strike down congressional maps that have been gerrymandered by the state legislature. The eventual ruling could have enormous ramifications for the entire country.

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