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North Carolina judge’s ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected
A North Carolina trial judge has upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a very close state Supreme Court election.
Federal Ruling Says State Courts Should Decide North Carolina Election Case
Three counts found an incumbent Democrat won a State Supreme Court race. But the Republican candidate is trying to nullify more than 60,000 votes.
Federal judges say disputed North Carolina Supreme Court race belongs in state courts, for now
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that North Carolina's disputed race for a seat on the state Supreme Court must be reviewed in state courts before the matter can go before a federal tribunal.
Legal battle continues over North Carolina Supreme Court election
More than three months after Election Day, the race for North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice still isn’t over as a heated legal battle continues in state court.
North Carolina Supreme Court race fight will remain in state court – for now
CHARLOTTE — The Federal Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the fight over North Carolina’s Supreme Court race will remain in state court. The North Carolina Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin lost to the incumbent democrat candidate Allison Riggs by 734 votes after two statewide recounts.
Wake Co. judge rules in favor of NC Board of Elections in supreme court race
On Friday, a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the North Carolina State Board of Elections in their decision regarding Republican Jefferson Griffin's challenge to the 2024 NC Supreme Court race election results.
Fourth Circuit allows North Carolina Supreme Court election dispute to stay in state court
In a win for Judge Jefferson Griffin, his challenge to North Carolina Supreme Court seat race will remain in state court, with a federal court retaining jurisdiction of several federal issues, should they remain after state court proceedings are resolved.
Wake judge hears arguments in GOP challenge of 65,000 votes in NC Supreme Court election
Friday’s hearing marked the beginning of a new phase of arguments, after both sides spent months arguing over whether the case should be heard by state or federal courts.
Latest on NC Supreme Court race case
A judge heard arguments in the case today on the GOP effort to throw out 60,000 ballots. Have you ever looked up at the sky and seen those white lines streaming out of an airplane and wondered what they were?
Protests ensue as judge to rule in NC Supreme Court case
Over a hundred people showed up to the hearing — prompting the fire marshal to escort people out of the Wake County courtroom.
Republicans' "baseless attempts" to overturn a loss in North Carolina could drag on for months
The GOP candidate for state Supreme Court refuses to accept that “North Carolinians simply did not choose him" ...
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Wake judge rules against Republican in hotly contested Supreme Court race
A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, who is trying to invalidate more ...
A timeline of NC’s complicated legal battle over the 2024 Supreme Court election
Over two months since Election Day, the state has still not officially declared a winner and the race has been upended by protracted legal challenges.
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.
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North Carolina Supreme Court blocking Democrat from re-claiming seat amid election battle
Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin is appealing his loss to Democratic Justice Allison Riggs in the North Carolina Supreme Court election. The North Carolina Supreme Court has blocked the ...
NC Supreme Court upholds child sexual abuse survivors’ right to sue years later
The decision resolves challenges that said lawsuits were unconstitutional, lawyers representing abuse survivors says.
GOP Supreme Court candidate remains in hiding while assaulting our democracy
Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin is seeking one of the most important and powerful public offices in North Carolina — ...
"I'm in disbelief that this is actually happening": GOP election denial hits North Carolina voters
Griffin's electoral challenge followed the Republican National Committee and North Carolina GOP trying in August — and later ...