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N.C. chief justice removes court officials and judges who anger the GOP

April 7, 2022 - Chief Justice Paul Newby, a Republican elected by a razor-thin margin in 2020, is reshaping North Carolina's judiciary to fit his intensely partisan vision.

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The racially fraught history of North Carolina's unique redistricting process

By Billy Corriher

August 20, 2021 - North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature is now redrawing state House and Senate election districts. It must comply with the Voting Rights Act — and a 1968 constitutional amendment that's been at odds with the VRA.

The culmination of the N.C. legislature's war on the courts

By Billy Corriher

January 26, 2018 - A proposed constitutional amendment would give the state legislature control over choosing judges — a power it has not had since the Civil War.

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INSTITUTE INDEX: The N.C. legislature's hostile takeover of the courts

By Sue Sturgis

November 2, 2017 - Since winning veto-proof supermajorities in both legislative chambers, North Carolina's Republican lawmakers have passed numerous laws that the judiciary has struck down — so guess who they're gunning for now.

N.C. chief justice removes court officials and judges who anger the GOP

The racially fraught history of North Carolina's unique redistricting process

The culmination of the N.C. legislature's war on the courts

INSTITUTE INDEX: The N.C. legislature's hostile takeover of the courts

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