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Supreme Court rules against North Carolina Republicans over election law theory

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Share In a major election-law decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that although the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections, state courts can supervise the legislature’s exercise of that power. Supreme Court last year, challenging the state supreme court’s decision.

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North Carolina appeals court rules same-sex partners eligible for domestic violence protections

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The Court of Appeals of North Carolina ruled Thursday that people who are or have been in a dating relationship with a same-sex partner are equally protected against domestic violence as persons in opposite-sex relationships placed in a similar situation. While relying on the Supreme Court decision in Bostock v.

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US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s ‘independent legislature’ theory

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The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Moore v. The theory stipulates that state legislatures retain exclusive authority over the administration of elections; therefore, state courts are not allowed to intervene, even if the law in question violates the state constitution.

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North Carolina State Court of Appeals Weighs Power of Constitutional Protection Against Double Jeopardy

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A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals published a pair of opinions Tuesday holding that two people can be charged with murder for brutalizing a child 25 years ago — even though they had already been convicted of child abuse for the same act of violence in the late ‘90s. Supreme Court case, Blockburger v.

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Court seems unwilling to embrace broad version of “independent state legislature” theory

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled that it may not be ready to adopt a sweeping interpretation of the Constitution, known as the “independent state legislature” theory, that would give state legislatures broad power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts. The dispute before the court in Moore v.

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Trump’s steel tariffs, UNC affirmative action, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, challenges to President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on Turkish steel, the University of North Carolina’s use of race in admissions, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. University of North Carolina.

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The rise of certiorari before judgment

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University of North Carolina. Unlike the Harvard University case , in which the same petitioner, Students for Fair Admissions, is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the U.S. Less well noticed was a curious procedural feature of the second case, Students for Fair Admissions v.