FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 18, 2022MEDIA CONTACTS: Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763Melissa Boughton, melissa@scsj.org, 830-481-6901Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906 Durham, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2022) — On Friday, January 14, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice petitioned the North Carolina Supreme Court to review legislative defendants’ appeal of a state court ruling striking down their racially-discriminatory voter ID law. […]
BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPEAL TO N.C. SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS’ REDISTRICTING FAILURES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2021 MEDIA CONTACTS:Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763 Raleigh, N.C. (December 7, 2021) — Civil rights groups appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday to expedite their challenge of the North Carolina legislature’s process for drawing state legislative and Congressional voting maps. The Southern Coalition for Social […]
North Carolina Supreme Court Disregards U.S. Supreme Court in Redistricting Case
[av_one_full first] [av_image src=’https://southerncoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Justice-300×200.jpg’ attachment=’8294′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’center’ animation=’no-animation’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’][/av_image] [/av_one_full][av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] This post was written by Billy Corriher and was published by the Center for American Progress on January 20, 2016 [/av_textblock] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] The North Carolina Supreme Court, in a […]
NC Redistricting Battle Moves to State Supreme Court
On Monday, January 6, 2014 the Southern Coalition for Social Justice will present oral arguments before the North Carolina Supreme Court, urging the court to find that the 2011 redistricting maps are unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. During the summer 2013 trial, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice represented several statewide nonpartisan groups seeking to overturn […]