NEW: The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act, enabling the GOP to erase countless districts drawn to protect voters of color at the congressional, state, & local levels. We detailed each Dem VRA congressional seat that the GOP could target by 2028: www.the-downballot.com/p/with-the-v...

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

A white Mississippi state leader is calling for the elimination of the state’s only majority-Black U.S. House district after the U.S. Supreme Court diminished the Voting Rights Act. "Mississippi might no longer have a district drawn to protect Bennie Thompson," State Auditor Shad White said.

A Supreme Court where 5 of 6 conservative justices appointed by GOP presidents who initially lost popular vote & confirmed by senators elected by minority of Americans just effectively killed Voting Rights Act, country’s most important civil rights law. This is not democracy

Bunch of sadists: 'The state’s poor kids were going to lose; their constitutional right to enjoy a “general and uniform system of free public schools wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students” would be sacrificed...' #ncpol Gift link: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

For those asking what this means in plain English: The Supreme Court won't hear the case where a lower court temporarily stopped Texas from using its re-redistricted congressional maps. The Supreme Court just reversed that order without hearing argument or getting more briefs.

Very excited about this panel tonight! If you're in the Triad area, check it out. The GOP is making it harder to vote, and we're talking about how to fight back. #ncpol

unrelenting

Today I filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court in a wacky case involving nine bills that passed both houses of the Michigan Legislature but that Michigan's Speaker of the House, Matt Hall, refuses to send to Governor Whitmer for a signature or a veto. buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...

The NC legislature defunded Legal Aid last year. And now the Republican state auditor says that money was being spent properly, on helping poor people. This is the NCGOP, y’all. #ncpol

Protesters file out of a closed session of the #CumberlandCountyNC Board of Elections, where it is believed members are discussing the fate of the well-regarded elections director. The GOP board members have asked state executive director to remove her. Protesters call it a power grab. #ncpol

⚠️ Following a decision from the North Carolina election board, voters could be forced to prove their citizenship this November. “For many North Carolinians, the new challenges will be just the latest obstacle that Republicans have erected at the polls,” writes @billycorriher.bsky.social.

In Oklahoma, Republican lawmakers are spending their time and energy trying to cajole voters into giving Republican lawmakers more power over judicial appointments

Please make sure to join us EACH SATURDAY for our Flip NC judicial canvas to get the word out on how IMPORTANT our judicial races and states courts are! See calendar for deets! #judges #nccourts #ncpol #DemocracyintheBalance

The redistricting war for control of Congress is not only fought in legislatures, ballot measures, and congressional races. It's also fought in lower-profile spots on your ballot. digbysblog.net/2026/04/22/d...

The NC GOP's search for noncitizen voters is just the latest hurdle they've placed between voters and the ballot box. They're sending our voter data to Homeland Security, whose database isn't very good at telling which voters are citizens. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/nort #ncpol

The great Gene Nichol on the Leandro ruling. #ncpol

After the long-running Leandro litigation ended earlier this month, Anne Blythe and I looked into what might come next in the fight to secure a "sound, basic education" for all NC children. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati... #ncpol

It's time for our next installment of "Democracy in the Balance!" Today, our focus is on our NC Supreme Court. Check out who is "in the line up." *Yes, it is indeed Phil Berger's son, Phil Berger Jr. on the court.* Can you say, "conflict of interest?"

Will Wisconsin Supreme Court Strengthen Recusal Rules?

Is the NC Supreme Court erasing its history? I just searched for the 2022 gerrymandering & voter ID rulings. They're not on the website. These were landmark rulings by the Democratic majority. Republicans overturned them in 2023 in an unprecedented power grab. #ncpol www.nccourts.gov/documents/ap...

oh my god the website where the mug is sold LEANS INTO PLESSY V. FERGUSON

So if Keystone Kash Patel has hired Mark Robinson's defamation attorney - you know that he and we are all royally fucked. #NCpol #LE

Truly insane

An environmental group is asking the North Carolina Dept. of Environmental Quality to address ongoing wastewater pollution flowing into the Haw River. ncnewsline.com/briefs/advoc... @christinezhu.bsky.social #ncpol

It's time for our next installment of "Democracy in the Balance!" Who we vote for MATTERS! We can't allow the opportunity to save our democracy slip by! 👉Bottom line: Fair Judges = Fair Maps & an end to gerrymandering! #nc #nccourts #ncjudges #justiceearls #democracy #ncpol #democracyinthebalance

They're calling it the best democracy ever. www.ft.com/content/7529...

And Duke wants a rate hike? #ncpol Please, this is just ridiculous.

This article lays out why the NC Election Board's plan is so stupid. The SAVE database sucks. They'll end up punishing eligible voters for registration errors. All of the noncitizen voters, who didn't know they were ineligible, were legal residents. carolinapublicpress.org/75322/making... #ncpol

"DEMOCRACY IN THE BALANCE" The NC court system deals w/issues from traffic tickets, divorce, to worker's comp & civil rights. Dealt w/UNFAIRLY, our lives become a living hell. WHO WE ELECT MATTERS! Justice Earls has proven that she is fair & her focus is on serving the people of North Carolina.

MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.

A Kentucky judge was impeached by Republican legislators who didn't like her rulings. The KY Supreme Court stepped in and said lawmakers can't impeach a judge for that. It was just the GOP's latest attempted impeachment, following threats in NC, PA, UT... www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...

NEW: Beacon Hill’s Blindest Spot: Can The Governor’s Council Reverse A Century Of Oversight? A Massachusetts State House briefing sheds light on a crucial body that still operates in darkness, and points out the need for reform ... binj.news/2026/04/14... #MassachusettsPolitics

NC Court of Appeals upholds a misconduct finding for a lawyer who allegedly misused client funds. The State Bar sanctioned him for a pattern of violating ethics rules. It's what state bars do, but politicians in Raleigh want to take over. 🧵#ncpol

TONIGHT!!!! See post below for the "deets" and please register at BOTH LINKS to get all the info!

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments that could upend a case about state retiree health benefits that’s more than a decade old, potentially overturning yet another of its own rulings. ncnewsline.com/2026/04/14/n... By @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol

#ncpol ncvoices.com/the-justice-...

The Completely Avoidable Embarrassment of the Literacy Test in North Carolina's Constitution And Why We Should Use This Short Session to Do Something about it. #ncpol open.substack.com/pub/chriscoo...

ICYMI: Republicans want the power to punish or disbar lawyers they don’t like. #ncpol

This podcast is sooo good. One thing we learn is that Reagan's 1976 primary campaign comeback was masterminded by a far right eugenicist named Tom Ellis in NC & by appealing to George Wallace voters in Texas...an idea hatched by Arthur Finkelstein. Recognize that name? www.npr.org/2024/03/06/1...

Liberals have built large majorities on the supreme courts of the three “Blue Wall” swing states that play an outsized role in presidential elections: 5-2 in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and 6-1 in Michigan.

The proposal is the North Carolina GOP’s latest attack on the state bar, a government agency that regulates lawyers. slate.trib.al/2Mq7lxs

The NC GOP is cooking up a new power grab. It would give Republicans the power to punish or disbar lawyers they don't like. These same Republicans have gone after judges they don't like with bogus ethics charges. #ncpol #ncga slate.com/news-and-pol...

The NC GOP is cooking up a new power grab. It would give Republicans the power to punish or disbar lawyers they don't like. These same Republicans have gone after judges they don't like with bogus ethics charges. #ncpol #ncga slate.com/news-and-pol...

The sharply conservative Supreme Court, reshaped by President Trump’s three appointees, is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in most cases involving women and minorities, according to an analysis conducted for The Post. https://wapo.st/4tCkcJB

JFC they made the Pizzagate lawyer an immigration judge. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/r...

Like a leech, Senator Phil Berger keeps hanging on and draining the good out of NC. #ncpol Some people never go away. Gift link: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

If all planned data centers in North Carolina are built, developers would receive an estimated $450 million in sales tax exemptions each & every year. And with the state’s impending fiscal cliff and the federal government retreating on longstanding commitments, state revenue is especially precious.