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Mar 14

Good morning from the NC Supreme Court, where security is tighter than I’ve ever seen, for today’s re-do on partisan gerrymandering.

The normal public access to the court is gone—even the main doors in are locked, and they’re vetting who can go inside the courtroom itself #ncpol

For context there are a couple hundred protesters directly across the street who are very vocal about their displeasure with the court’s decision to redo this case (plus voter ID and the Leandro education funding case) #ncpol

@AdvanceCarolina

Here’s Marcus Bass from @AdvanceCarolina speaking to the crowd earlier #ncpol

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Will Doran

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Mar 14

Heading to #ncpol Supreme Court soon for redistricting. Republican lawmakers lost last year: Majority-Democrat court ruled partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional.

Then GOP voters flipped the court back in November. New majority decided to re-do the case wral.com/nc-supreme-cou…

Although it's what most people expect, we don't know for sure yet that the justices will gut North Carolina's anti-gerrymandering precedent.

In the rare instances the court has reheard cases, it often keeps the same ruling (but with a rewritten opinion to add new references etc)

When it comes to redistricting, judicial politics is no-holds-barred in #ncpol

DC-based groups focused explicitly on gerrymandering (both pro and con) have spent tens of millions of dollars in recent years trying to get their preferred judges on the bench here.

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Will Doran

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Jan 18

Stein's video starts w/ his dad's law firm--bombed in 1971 (they won a SCOTUS case forcing NC schools to finally de-segregate)

He then shows GOP Lt Gov. Mark Robinson, a likely 2024 candidate

Stein: "Today there’s a different set of bomb throwers" #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

Most campaign kickoff videos are pure fluff about the candidate. They rarely attack opponents, let alone show clips of them.

Stein takes a much more aggressive approach here--especially since Robinson hasn't formally announced yet (although he has said he's considering) #ncpol

Stein doesn't address this aspect of a potential matchup in the ad. But he's Jewish, and Robinson has publicly endorsed anti-Semitic tropes and conspiracy theories over the years, including during his 2020 campaign. #ncpol

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Will Doran

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Sep 7, 2022

In a rare move, the group of all 50 states' Supreme Court chief justices wrote to SCOTUS, urging them to shoot down the argument NC Republican lawmakers are making--that there should be no checks and balances for election laws--in their "Independent State Legislature" case #ncpol

The brief is careful to say it doesn't support either party. But its first sentence (left photo) directly opposes the argument NC lawmakers made (right photo) about whether or not courts should be allowed to rule on redistricting maps, etc.

Link is here: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/2…

Here's my story from when SCOTUS agreed to take up the NC case in time for the 2024 elections, and what it could mean for the entire country: newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #ncpol

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Will Doran

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Aug 16, 2022

Odd ruling by the NC Court of Appeals today: A 3-judge panel let an "alienation of affection" lawsuit move forward...but all 3 judges wrote separately, two of whom argued over whether the law is constitutional (an issue the lawsuit itself doesn't appear to have raised) #ncpol

@joshshaffer08

Alienation of affection is the fancy legal term for "being a homewrecker." If your spouse has an affair and you get divorced, that law lets you sue the person they slept with.

Sometimes the verdicts can be *massive* like @joshshaffer08 wrote here newsobserver.com/latest-news/ar… #ncpol

The basis for the law is that women used to be legally considered the property of their husbands, like slaves or horses.

The modern-day question is whether the law is still unacceptably misogynistic, or if the fact that both sexes can now files these lawsuits makes them OK

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Will Doran

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Aug 10, 2022

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New: @NCDemParty wants a criminal investigation into AG Josh Stein's 2020 opponent, Jim O'Neill, since yesterday a judge greenlit an investigation of Stein's campaign

They say the Stein action is unconstitutional--but if it's happening, O'Neill should be investigated too. #ncpol

Here's my story on yesterday's ruling against the Stein campaign, letting the investigation move forward, ICYMI: newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #ncpol

And the story from when Stein sued Wake County DA Lorrin Freeman and the NC Elections Board last month, trying to get the law thrown out as unconstitutional (and, in the process, revealing the then-secret criminal investigation into his campaign): newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #ncpol

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