NC Supreme Court Justice Berger can hear case involving his father, court rules

https://cardinalpine.com/2024/02/27/nc-supreme-court-justice-berger-can-hear-case-involving-his-father-court-rules/

NC Superintendent race: Morrow defends comments on using military to keep Trump in office

https://www.wral.com/story/nc-superintendent-race-morrow-defends-comments-on-using-military-to-keep-trump-in-office/21575761/

North Carolina Superintendent race in the 2024 election heats up following controversial comments

https://abc11.com/michele-morrow-nc-public-schools-social-media-maga-republican-mo-green-democrat/14555046/

She 'sarcastically' said Obama should be killed. Now she wants to control kids' education.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/19/michele-morrow-nc-superintendent-maga-republican/74783669007/

Editorial: Newby transforms N.C. courts to playground to settle petty political feuds. The events of this week are not about the administration of justice. Chief Justice Paul Newby and others have manipulated our state's judicial system to settle a political feud.

https://www.wral.com/story/editorial-newby-transforms-n-c-courts-to-playground-to-settle-petty-political-feuds/21221889/

Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court chief justice heard cases despite a conflict of interest. Experts say judicial ethics at state high courts everywhere don’t receive the scrutiny they deserve.

https://publicintegrity.org/politics/high-courts-high-stakes/not-just-the-supreme-court-ethics-troubles-plague-state-high-courts-too/

NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin uses anti-abortion rhetoric

Judge Jefferson Griffin and another judge ruled that a mother could lose parental rights because she committed a crime while pregnant.

https://cardinalpine.com/2023/11/19/judge-running-for-nc-supreme-court-uses-anti-abortion-rhetoric/

NC Appeals Court: Mom who committed crime while pregnant can lose parental rights

Judge Murphy justifies decision because ‘life begins at conception’

https://ncnewsline.com/2023/10/18/nc-appeals-court-mom-who-committed-crime-while-pregnant-can-lose-parental-rights/

Originalism denies the reality that law must change over time as our society changes.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-courts-originalism-doesnt-have-much-do-history

GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court reverses rulings that struck down partisan gerrymanders by Republican lawmakers

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/28/politics/north-carolina-gerrymandering-supreme-court/index.html

Editorial: Hyper-partisan high court shatters trust in N.C.'s judicial system

Trust in our judicial system is fragile and the damage already being done will take time and work to restore it

https://www.wral.com/story/editorial-hyper-partisan-high-court-shatters-trust-in-n-c-s-judicial-system/21036433/

Disorder in the Court

As it tackles high-profile cases, the North Carolina Supreme Court is struggling to be seen as nonpartisan. Among its critics is its own chief justice, a steadfast Republican who recently scolded Democratic justices for having what he says is a partisan agenda.

https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/courts/disorder-in-the-nc-supreme-court/