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From Indy Week: What’s Behind the Legislature’s Plan to Overhaul the State Court System?

By Eleanore Wood / December 20, 2017 / Comments Off on From Indy Week: What’s Behind the Legislature’s Plan to Overhaul the State Court System?

Republicans are seeking to rig the court system of North Carolina.  They do not like the decisions the courts have made to stop their attempts to suppress voters and racially gerrymander legislative districts.  Their solution?  Make the courts partisan, cancel a primary election, and try to do away with the public election of judges altogether. They want to…

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Vice: When Thousands of Christian ‘Prayer Marchers’ Descend on One Abortion Clinic

By Eleanore Wood / December 15, 2017 / Comments Off on Vice: When Thousands of Christian ‘Prayer Marchers’ Descend on One Abortion Clinic

On Saturday, December 2, thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched down Latrobe Drive and blocked access to North Carolina’s busiest abortion clinic, A Preferred Women’s Health Center. The clinic saw almost 50 fewer patients than they typically see on a Saturday because people did not feel comfortable driving to the clinic with so many protesters outside.…

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From WNCT: Protesters in Greenville rally against proposed changes to N.C. courts

By Eleanore Wood / December 15, 2017 / Comments Off on From WNCT: Protesters in Greenville rally against proposed changes to N.C. courts

It was a cold day but that didn’t stop the residents of Greenville, North Carolina from standing in front of the Pitt County Courthouse to demand that our courts remain fair and independent.  Lawmakers in Raleigh have already made judicial elections political, the first state in 100 years to go back to a party based judicial…

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From The Greensboro News & Record “Silent Voices, Silent Justice” Protest

By Eleanore Wood / December 14, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Greensboro News & Record “Silent Voices, Silent Justice” Protest

Concerned Triad voters joined NC Voters for Clean Elections, Democracy NC, Progress NC, and the NC NAACP outside the Guilford County Courthouse on Wednesday for a rally and protest highlighting the partisan attacks on North Carolina’s court system. The event featured protesters covering their mouths with tape to illustrate the message of “Silent Voices, Silent Justice”…

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From WLOS: Silent Voices, Silent Justice protest held in Asheville

By Logan Smith / December 8, 2017 / Comments Off on From WLOS: Silent Voices, Silent Justice protest held in Asheville

It was a cold morning in Asheville but that didn’t stop residents, activists, and lawmakers from standing in front of the Buncombe County Courthouse and speaking out for fair courts in North Carolina. Top legislators in Raleigh want to rig the court system so they can pass unconstitutional voter suppression laws unchallenged. They would like to…

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Refinery 29: Trump Officially Backs Roy Moore For Senator, Despite The Child Molestation Allegations

By Eleanore Wood / December 7, 2017 / Comments Off on Refinery 29: Trump Officially Backs Roy Moore For Senator, Despite The Child Molestation Allegations

Several women have shared their stories of how Alabama Republican Senate Nominee Roy Moore sexually harassed them. Several of the women shared stories of his sexual advances on them when they were teenagers. Despite evidence such as Moore signing one woman’s high school yearbook, Moore vehemently denies all of the allegations. Following the accusations of…

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From The Greensboro News & Record: Our Opinion: Court meddling demands scrutiny

By Eleanore Wood / December 6, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Greensboro News & Record: Our Opinion: Court meddling demands scrutiny

Our lawmakers in Raleigh have been very unhappy with recent court rulings that strike down their unconstitutional voter suppression tactics.  Their solution is not to create better laws, but rather to take over the court system making judges partisan.  They would like to remove voters from the equation altogether and just appoint judges that they…

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From The Greensboro News & Record: Large turnout shows concern for courts

By Eleanore Wood / December 5, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Greensboro News & Record: Large turnout shows concern for courts

At the Fair Courts Town Hall in Greensboro, 175 residents turned out to learn how state lawmakers are trying to take over and politicize our court system.  A panel of lawmakers and legal experts shared concerns and answered questions to an engaged audience.  It’s true that our legislators are planning a complete overhaul of our…

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Rewire: Thousands Circle North Carolina’s Busiest Abortion Clinic as Anti-Choice Group Marches On

By Eleanore Wood / December 4, 2017 / Comments Off on Rewire: Thousands Circle North Carolina’s Busiest Abortion Clinic as Anti-Choice Group Marches On

Saturday, December 2, almost 1,500 anti-abortion protesters gathered in front of A Preferred Woman’s Health Center in Charlotte. This protest was planned to be the largest anti-abortion protest since the early 1990s. The clinic worked hard to prepare for the protesters by scheduling appointments earlier and doubling the number of clinic escorts outside of the…

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From The Greensboro News & Record: Critics slam judicial restructuring

By Logan Smith / December 1, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Greensboro News & Record: Critics slam judicial restructuring

The politicians in Raleigh have already tried to rig the system and cheat voters with racial gerrymandering and unconstitutional voting restrictions that were struck down by the courts. The politicians didn’t like the court rulings, so now they’re trying to change the judges to cement their control.  From The Greensboro News & Record: GREENSBORO —…

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