Democracy

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…

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”…

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…

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…

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…