Democracy

Concerned voters and members of the legal community will join NC Voters for Clean Elections, Democracy NC, NC NAACP, the League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad, and Progress NC in Greensboro on Thursday, November 30 at 7:00pm for an “Empty Chair Town Hall” spotlighting attempts by state lawmakers to rig the judicial system…

It is clear that Republicans in North Carolina and Washington are trying to seize control of our independent courts. Here in North Carolina lawmakers in Raleigh have canceled the 2018 judicial primary, want to cut all judge’s terms from 4-8 years down to 2, and propose to do away with election of judges all together…

Republicans in Raleigh do not like losing in court.  Their unconstitutional voter suppression tactics continue to be struck down by judges in North Carolina. The GOP’s solution is to take over the courts and rig them in their favor.  So far Republicans have politicized the election of judges, canceled the 2018 judicial primaries, proposed reducing…

Judges all over North Carolina are speaking out against the General Assembly’s plan to rig our courts by politicizing judge races, eliminating judicial primaries, reducing judicial terms from 4-8 years down to 2, and possibly eliminating judicial elections altogether.  The judicial branch of our government was established to be independent, impartial and equal.  Republicans in Raleigh…

The town hall event in Fayetteville on November 11th was well attended.  Nearly 100 residents turned out to tell their legislators how they feel about the GOP plan to rig our court system.  The public agrees that we must have a fair and unbiased court system in order for our state to truly provide justice. …

Our legislature is tired of having their unconstitutional laws overturned in court. Their solution? Rig the courts.  Republicans in Raleigh have canceled the judicial primaries for 2018, creating chaotic ballots.  Politicized the courts by making elections partisan. And are now attempting to gerrymander judicial districts, which would double-bunk almost half of all African American judges…

The current legislature of North Carolina was found to be unconstitutionally elected by the Supreme Court.  The current legislative maps were found to be illegally racially gerrymandered and when the legislature was ordered to re-draw the maps, they dragged their feet for as long as possible, held sham public hearings, and ended up with new…

North Carolina Republican legislators have spent years and large amounts of taxpayer money to try to suppress voters in the state.  If elections were fair they fear they would lose their power.  They know they are legislating against the interests of the majority of North Carolinians, and so must rig the system.  Citizens of North Carolina…

Republicans in Raleigh are continuing to try to stall the redrawing of legislative maps.  The latest attempt was to ask the courts to let them try again.  They didn’t want an impartial special master appointed by the courts to redraw the maps, fearing the maps might actually be fair.  The court told them they had…

The Republicans in Raleigh have repeatedly sought to suppress the voters who disagree with them, and the courts have held them accountable.  Losing case after case Republican leaders are now trying to take over the court system.  This judicial meddling is nothing more than another power grab.  The clear message is: if we don’t like…