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Southern Coalition for Social Justice Files Data-Driven Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit

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September 22, 2016
  Southern Coalition for Social Justice Files Data-Driven Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit  Challenge adopts standard for measuring partisan advantage in…

SCSJ Files Amicus Brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Virginia’s Racial Gerrymandering Case

September 15, 2016
 
  Amicus Brief Filed at the U.S. Supreme Court in Virginia’s Racial Gerrymandering Case Race was a factor when lawmaker drew…

NC Early Voting Restrictions Draw National Attention

Local boards throughout North Carolina are determining how to conduct this year’s election after a federal appeals court overturned much of the state’s voter restriction…

Justice System Reform

New Youth Justice Resource: Racial Equity Report Cards

For many of the students heading back to school this week, a new school year is an exciting time, filled with new outfits, new teachers,…

SCSJ releases Supreme Court response to North Carolina’s Emergency Voting Case

SCSJ releases Supreme Court response to North Carolina’s Emergency Voting Case
Durham, NC — On Thursday, August 25, the League of Women Voters, represented by…

Federal judges order NC to redraw racially gerrymandered legislative districts

 
DURHAM, N.C. — Voters and voting rights advocates won a major court victory today in North Carolina, where three federal judges unanimously found that…

Judge orders remedial actions in Wake County redistricting case

Raleigh, NC — This morning, August 9, a judge overseeing the Wake County redistricting case ordered a series of actions to resolve the unconstitutional redistricting…

Court will not reconsider unconstitutional election map ruling in Wake County

Durham, NC — On July 26, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing en banc filed by the Wake…

Alberta Currie

Meet Alberta Currie, the lead plaintiff in SCSJ’s litigation challenging North Carolina’s strict Voter ID requirement.
Voting is a matter of pride for Alberta Currie.…

First in Flight, Last in Youth Justice

by Austin Braxton North Carolina is the only state that automatically processes every 16 and 17 year-old through its adult criminal justice system without an…

VA NAACP asks VA Supreme Court to uphold return of voting rights to people with prior felony convictions

Richmond, VA. —The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP filed a brief on Monday, June 27, 2016 in the Virginia Supreme Court in support of…

Redistricting of Wake County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education ruled unconstitutional

DURHAM, N.C.— On July 1, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the General Assembly’s redistricting plans for the Wake County…