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Environmental Justice

Judge Upholds Caswell County Residents’ First Amendment Rights in Environmental Justice Case

A Caswell County Superior Court Judge affirmed local residents’ right to “petition their elected officials for redress of grievances” in an order Friday, dismissing an…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Brief Outlines Supreme Court Case Against Racist Voter ID Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (March 11, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and pro bono counsel from the law…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Responds as U.S. Supreme Court Declines North Carolina Lawmakers’ Attempt to Salvage Discriminatory Congressional Map

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  March 7, 2022 Washington, D.C. (Mar. 7, 2022) —  In a victory for the rule of law and North Carolina voters, the…

Federal Court Settlement Provides Step Towards Ending Poverty-Based Driver’s License Revocation in North Carolina

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2022
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Earlier today, a federal court approved a settlement agreed to by civil rights organizations and the N.C. Department of…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause File SCOTUS Brief to Counter NCGA’s Unprecedented Assault on Fair Districts, Freedom to Vote

Washington, D.C. (Mar. 2, 2022) —  The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and pro bono counsel with Hogan Lovells, on behalf of plaintiff Common Cause,…

Environmental Justice

SCSJ Defends Residents’ First Amendment Rights in Caswell County Environmental Justice Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2022 Yanceyville, N.C. (Feb. 28, 2022) — In a Monday hearing, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice defended the Thomas Day-Caswell Holt…

Voting Rights

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Responds to Legislature’s Attack on State Judiciary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2022 In response to a Friday afternoon emergency application to the United States Supreme Court from the North Carolina General Assembly,…

Voting Rights

Statewide Voting Rights Advocacy Groups Release 2020 General Election Protection Report Detailing NC Voting Trends

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2022 DURHAM, N.C. (February 25, 2022) — Each year, Democracy North Carolina and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) …

Voting Rights

BREAKING: SCSJ, Common Cause Appeal Unconstitutional NC State Legislative Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Feb. 23, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 23, 2022) —  The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, on behalf of plaintiff Common Cause NC,…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Respond to Discriminatory Remedial Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 21, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 21, 2022) — In a court filing Monday, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, on behalf of…

Communications

SCSJ On Justice Breyer’s Retirement, Nomination of Next U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Durham, N.C. (February 15, 2022) — In response to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement, and recent news that President Biden is…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Responds to “Historic Victory” In NC Supreme Court Redistricting Opinion

Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2022) — The North Carolina Supreme Court released its full opinion in the case Harper et. al. v. Hall et. al. Monday,…