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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…

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,…

Justice System Reform

Duke Energy Provides $25,000 Grant For SCSJ’s 2022 Justice System Reform Work

DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 21, 2021) — Duke Energy has awarded Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) with a $25,000 grant to expand the educational and…

Environmental Justice

Victory In Southernside SC Environmental Justice Case

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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,…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Responds to “Victory for Voters” in Strict Liability Voter Prosecution Case

Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2022) — A lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s strict liability voter prosecution law, criminalizing voting by people with a felony conviction if…

Voting Rights

BREAKING: N.C. Supreme Court Throws Out Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 4, 2022 Durham, N.C. (Feb. 4, 2022) — In a 4-3 decision, North Carolina’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s congressional and…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Argue Against North Carolina’s Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 2, 2021 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 2, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice provided oral arguments before the N.C. Supreme Court…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Brief Makes Case Against North Carolina’s Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 24, 2021
Raleigh, N.C. (January 27, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, with pro bono counsel from Hogan Lovells filed…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Asks NC Supreme Court to Affirm Trial Court Ruling Against Discriminatory Voter ID

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 18, 2022
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763
Melissa Boughton, melissa@scsj.org, 830-481-6901
Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906 Durham, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2022)…

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