NC Supreme Court

Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin trails Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs in their race for a seat on the state Supreme Court, but Griffin says that very tribunal should handle his effort to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots

What’s ironic about Jefferson Griffin and the GOP’s challenge is that photo ID has undermined much of their case. By requiring photo ID to vote, Republicans have made the notion of challenging tens of thousands of voters who cast ballots as potentially fraudulent even more untenable.

A new investigation by ProPublica reveals how the Republican-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two GOP judges last fall. Reporter Doug Clark speaks with WFAE about the investigation.

When N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby replaced District Court Chief Judge Elizabeth Trosch in Mecklenburg County with another judge, some other judges and politicians were upset. They accused Newby, a Republican, of removing Trosch, a Democrat, without good reason. Paul Specht of WRAL joined WFAE's Marshall Terry for a fact-check on the issue.

Last year, Democrats often complained the judicial system had become increasingly political, especially after the conservative U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But this spring, those concerns abated, temporarily at least. Can Democrats keep up a string of wins?

North Carolina’s long-litigated photo voter identification law is now being evaluated by the state Supreme Court

Oral arguments over the constitutionality of North Carolina's photo voter identification law will be held next month, the state Supreme Court has decided in another ruling determined along partisan lines.

A North Carolina Supreme Court ruling last week makes it easier for property owners who belong to homeowners associations to install rooftop solar panels.

Retirees argue North Carolina was contractually obligated to offer premium-free benefits under a plan in which they paid 20% of their co-insurance. State attorneys say there was never a contract, and that lawmakers have adjusted insurance benefits often.

The Supreme Court of North Carolina has upheld the city of Concord's authority to charge housing developers water and sewer connection fees.