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PW exclusive: Incumbent Reuben Young, challenger Jeff Carpenter vie for Court of Appeals seat

By Melissa Boughton
9/24/2020

As part of our ongoing effort to inform North Carolinians about the state judiciary, Policy Watch is publishing a series of Q&A’s with the candidates seeking statewide judicial office this fall. Each of the 16 candidates (six who are contesting three Supreme Court seats and ten who are contesting five seats on the Court of Appeals) was asked the same seven questions by former PW Courts, Law and Democracy Reporter Melissa Boughton.

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As new poll workers step up in pandemic, elections directors say they are ready for November

As new poll workers step up in pandemic, elections directors say they are ready for November

By Joe Killian
9/23/2020
Congressional Democrats launch inquiry into claims of “high number of hysterectomies” at Georgia immigrant detention facility

Congressional Democrats launch inquiry into claims of “high number of hysterectomies” at Georgia immigrant detention facility

By Ariana Figueroa
9/23/2020
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What GOP efforts to dominate the federal courts are really about

By David C. DeWitt
9/24/2020

Talk from Republican senators about "rules" and "precedent" is nothing but a smokescreen U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has used his leadership position to exercise raw political power in shaping the federal judiciary for many decades to come, and he’s been enormously successful. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has brought McConnell to the zenith of that power.

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The time for polite dialogue with the political right is over

The time for polite dialogue with the political right is over

By Rob Schofield
9/22/2020
Students with disabilities have unique needs, should not be short-changed during pandemic

Students with disabilities have unique needs, should not be short-changed during pandemic

By Peggy Nicholson
9/21/2020
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