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Voting Rights
Federal Judge Allows Case Against NC Strict Liability Voter Law to Proceed
A lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s strict liability voter prosecution law — criminalizing voting by people with a felony conviction if they are ineligible, even if…
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
National Group Abandons Baseless Lawsuit Seeking to Purge Mecklenburg, Guilford Voters
A national group seeking to purge voters in two of North Carolina’s largest counties, each with significant populations of voters of color, has abandoned its…
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…
Voting Rights
NC Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Racially-Discriminatory Voter ID Law
Durham, N.C. (March 3, 2022) — The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s petition to expedite consideration of…
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…
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) …