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News & Record reports on yesterday’s district court hearing in Greensboro challenging the state General Assembly’s redrawn districts in response to charges of racial gerrymandering. As the N&R’s headline states,…
In a ruling that should surprise no one, U.S. district Court Judge Catherine Eagles ruled that the N.C. General Assembly unconstitutionally redistricted the Greensboro City Council in 2015. As a…
The bench trial over the controversial House bill redrawing Greensboro’s City Council districts concluded on Wednesday. It could be several weeks before U.S. Middle District Court Judge Catherine Eagles issues…
I don’t think anyone would accuse U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles of being a right-wing ideologue, which makes it all the more interesting that she found insufficient evidence that…
By now you’ve probably read in the N&R about the General Assembly’s last minute ‘technical correction’ to the law passed earlier this year redistricting the Greensboro City Council, which was…
N&R reports Judge Catherine Eagles has ruled in favor of the Greensboro City Council in its lawsuit challenging HB 263, the law redistricting the council: “It appears on the current…
At this point, more questions than answers regarding the Greensboro City Council’s redistricting lawsuit. Aside from the main questions regarding who will defend the redistricting —-Guilford County attorney Mark Payne,…
Obviously the focus of yesterday’s Supreme Court action was the decision to let stand appeals court rulings allowing same-sex marriage in five states, which many believe paves the way for…
Winston-Salem Journal reports: When Winston-Salem police and a federal agent searched a house in the 4300 block of Robinhood Road last March, they found a naked woman lying on a…
It may be one thing when a City Council passes a resolution supporting or opposing issues such as Amendment One or municipal broadband, but —call me krazy —- it’s totally…
All I know is when I attended the John Edwards trial anyone sitting facing the jury was admonished by Judge Catherine Eagles not to make eye contact with jurors. So…
I went down to the John Edwards trial in the hope of watching former aide Andrew Young provide the tawdry details of the former senator’s affair with Rielle Hunter. I…