A coalition of voting rights activists denounced efforts to disenfranchise North Carolina voters in state elections, rallying at the Capitol grounds on Wednesday in the shadow of the state Supreme Court.

More women are putting off having children or deciding not to have them at all. And it’s not just because of the rising cost of child care and other expenses. It’s also because of growing concern over access to reproductive health care following the Supreme Court’s decision three years ago overturning Roe v.

As Democrats look to the midterms, defending the few state-level judicial seats they hold is a top priority. They only hold three seats on the 15-member Court of Appeals – all of which are up for grabs in 2026. Justice Anita Earls, one of two Democrats on the state Supreme Court, will also run to defend her seat next year.

The North Carolina Supreme Court is rehearing arguments in a redistricting case it ruled on in December, when Democrats held a 4-3 seat advantage on the court that now has a Republican majority.

North Carolina Supreme Court Candidates. The North Carolina Supreme Court, the highest court in the state, takes up appealed cases from lower state courts, having the final say on matters.

The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a North Carolina gerrymandering case, with some state lawmakers seeking a favorable interpretation of the "independent state legislature" theory.

Supreme Court races in North Carolina were nonpartisan affairs until the Republican legislature ordered candidates to run as partisans, with R’s and D’s beside their names on Election Day ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday about whether North Carolina lawmakers could help defend a voting law with the state attorney general.

Here's a timeline of Ferguson's activism, drawn from Charlotte Observer archives, his biography on the Ferguson, Chambers & Sumter, PA website, and a 2023 oral history interview conducted by the Legal Defense Fund in partnership with the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This dispute was another indicator not just of the deep divisions on North Carolina’s Supreme Court, which went from a 4-3 Democratic majority to a 5-2 Republican one after elections last year ...