NC Policy Watch, the online journalism initiative of the North Carolina Justice Center, has launched the “Defending Democracy” project. This project will generate a steady drumbeat of new and original content (news stories, commentary, newsmaker interviews, expert analysis and more) related to the latest state policy developments, court decisions, research, advocacy and organizing efforts in the fight to preserve democracy in the battleground state of North Carolina.
It’s up to the court now: A redistricting update after the final round of filings
It’s a strikingly familiar tale in North Carolina: voters are waiting with bated breath for a court to either approve legislatively-drawn remedial House and Senate maps or to assign the job to a neutral third-party to correct unconstitutional gerrymandering issues.
Republicans drew the 2017 legislative maps to entrench themselves in political power and dilute the Democratic ...
- ACLU of NC asks court to declare solitary confinement unconstitutionalNorth Carolina inmates in solitary confinement are kept in cells that are no bigger than a parking space for 22… Read more »
- Survey: Most Americans trust the U.S. Supreme CourtA recent survey showed that most Americans see the U.S. Supreme Court as a trusted institution. The latest survey from… Read more »
- Lawmakers trying to remove new partisan gerrymandering case from state courtNorth Carolina Republican legislative defendants have asked for a federal court to remove a partisan gerrymandering case over the 2016… Read more »
- Judges set first hearing in Congressional partisan gerrymandering caseThe first hearing in a new partisan gerrymandering case over the 2016 Congressional map has been scheduled for Oct. 24.… Read more »
- Newspaper examines gun lobby influence in North Carolina legislatureThe News & Observer released an in-depth report today that takes a look at the NRA’s influence on North Carolina… Read more »
- It’s up to the court now: A redistricting update after the final round of filingsIt’s a strikingly familiar tale in North Carolina: voters are waiting with bated breath for a court to either approve… Read more »
- Report from Burr’s committee urges White House to combat 2020 election interferenceSenators say Kremlin-backed group targeted African Americans in 2016 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a… Read more »
- Report: A different approach to policing and mental health in MecklenburgNorth Carolina Health News published an in-depth look today at the state’s first behavioral health unit located in a county… Read more »
- Slate releases leaked audio of Republican gerrymandering strategiesRepublican officials are learning a few things about strategizing when it comes to entrenching themselves in political power, and they… Read more »
- Partisan gerrymandering plaintiffs only object to House remedial mapsThe plaintiffs in North Carolina’s ongoing partisan gerrymandering case has asked the court to throw out some of the remedial… Read more »
- Dispute over Hofeller files severed from Common Cause redistricting lawsuitThe fight over the files from deceased Republican mapmaker Tom Hofeller has taken on a life of its own. On… Read more »
- Tonight: “Notorious RBG” to speak in Raleigh for Meredith College eventU.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will speak tonight in Raleigh as part of a Meredith College lecture series.… Read more »
- New report: NC’s Latinx communities poised to have big impact in 2020 electionThe good people at Democracy North Carolina are out with a new “must read” report this morning on the state’s… Read more »
- Now that new maps are enacted, political scientist Bitzer takes a look at partisan dataNorth Carolina lawmakers have enacted new remedial maps after a court ordered redraw to fix House and Senate districts that… Read more »
- Public comments on proposed remedial maps split — some approve, some vehemently opposeMembers of the North Carolina public were finally able to weigh in Monday on proposed remedial legislative maps that would… Read more »
