Tag: North Carolina

Justice System Reform

Durham Students Rebuke Expected Overturn of Roe v. Wade

Durham, N.C. (May 12, 2022) — Hundreds of North Carolina students walked out of class Thursday at Charles E. Jordan High School and rallied outside…

On right, a photo of a smling Black girl with an afro ponytail in front of.a white circle. On left, a photo of a jumping graduate with green decorative elements betweenthe girl and the graduate.

SCSJ Releases New Report: Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina

Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina highlights the harms of, and alternatives to, vilifying and incarcerating our…

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…

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 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

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) …

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,…

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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