SCSJ represents individuals and community-based organizations in cases centered around justice system reform, voter rights, and environmental justice. We believe in creating the potential for structural change that will benefit underserved communities and have positive implications for racial justice, election protection, and environmental preservation. Our litigation extends to nonpartisan groups and people of color in local and statewide redistricting litigation across the South, and we have represented clients before the United States Supreme Court.
Our Cases
Republican National Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections
The NC State Conference of the NAACP and two impacted NC voters requested to intervene in a case to protect nearly a quarter of a million voters from the Republican National Committee’s and North Carolina Republican Party’s baseless attempt to force the State Board of Elections to remove them from the state’s voter rolls on the eve of the 2024 presidential election.
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Republican National Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, et. al.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the North Carolina Republican Party filed a complaint on Sept. 12 to stop University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) students from using their digital Mobile One Cards as identification cards to vote in the 2024 election.
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Kivett v. North Carolina State Board of Elections
ABSENTEE VOTING | PENDING Case Summary Filed 10/02/2024 Updated 11/19/2024 The Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) and two individual voters filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) challenging a decade-old state law, known as North Carolina’s Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (UMOVA), that protects the…
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