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Billy Corriher

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · May 6

Judge Richard Myers has FINALLY ordered the state elections board to certify Justice Allison Riggs’ victory!

Griffin has a week to appeal, but things aren’t looking good for the sorest loser in America. #ncpol storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 14h

2/3🚨PPP’s new report urges progressives to back several #CourtReform tools🚨2) Jurisdiction stripping, channeling & supermajority rules added to progressive laws could curb courts from overturning democracy-enhancing laws & return power to our elected representatives.

⚖️READ: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 14h

1/3 🚨PPP’s new report urges progressives to back several #CourtReform tools🚨1) Court Expansion: adding justices to SCOTUS. Had the 2023 Judiciary Act passed, an expanded Roberts Court might have ruled differently in several Trump-related cases.

⚖️READ MORE: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

First take out of arguments: Despite efforts by Sotomayor to put off a decision, it appeared the Supreme Court will subject Colorado’s conversion therapy ban to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment, with a majority likely to strike it down outright.

More to come at Law Dork:

Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

www.lawdork.com

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

the trump administration attempted to assassinate a critic and when she lived, they prosecuted her for surviving

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

Missourians are mobilizing to give voters a chance to block the state’s new Trump-ordered gerrymander that could hand the GOP one congressional seat at the cost of Black voters. But Republican leaders are doing everything in their power to silence them.
https://bit.ly/3Ky0Ofw

GOP Fights to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Trump-Ordered Gerrymander

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 2d

The lawmaker accused of diluting the votes of Appalachian State students was honored in 2024 as a Distinguished Alumni of … Appalachian State www.ncrabbithole.com/p/why-voters...

Why do voters at Appalachian State keep getting picked on?

A new lawsuit is trying to overturn state laws that made it harder for students in Boone to have a voice in county politics. Who created those laws? A proud and powerful App State grad, that's who.

www.ncrabbithole.com

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Maria Lazar is running for Wisconsin Supreme Court. She's a conservative who worked at a corporate law firm for decades. Her rulings reflect that background:

Siding With Corporate Polluters
In 2024, Lazar joined a 2-1 majority ruling in favor of conservative business group Wisconsin
Manufacturers and Commerce Inc., holding that the DNR’s PFAS regulation was unlawful under
Wisconsin’s “spills law.” [2024 WI App 18] This ruling severely limited the state of Wisconsin’s
ability to protect residents from so-called “forever chemicals” that can contaminate drinking
water.
In 2025, however, Lazar was overturned in a 5-2 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling holding that
DNR does have authority to address PFAS contamination regardless of whether the agency has
formally promulgated rules designating PFAS as hazardous substances. [2025 WI 26]

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Steve Kennedy @skennedy2504.myatproto.social · 3d

Not even out of law school yet, and @peoplesparity.bsky.social State Courts Fellow Faith Allen is already doing such amazing work--and bringing it to the community so we can make real change peoplesparity.org/research/imb...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 3d

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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makeloudnoise.bsky.social @makeloudnoise.bsky.social · 4d

Unless we win this fight via the current shutdown,
888,000 people in NC ALONE will see their health care premiums double.
That number does not include people who will lose Medicaid.

#NCpol
#Fightback

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 4d

20 million Americans would see their health care premiums DOUBLE under the Republican spending proposal. Here's how many are in your state.

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Sailor Jones @sailorjones.bsky.social · 4d

“I never paid attention to our judges…but after doing the research I learned judges have a ton of [power]. We should be paying a lot more attention to who they are, where they came from and where they raised their money.” —Faith Allen, @peoplesparity.bsky.social #InOurCourt

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 4d

Some great conversations today at the #InOurCourt event in Elizabeth City. “Young people are not in the mood to wait for change.” Miles Beasley @commoncausenc.bsky.social

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 4d

There’s no rule of journalistic neutrality that requires you to say something is “unclear” when that is objectively untrue. It would be illegal. There’s absolutely zero ambiguity about that fact. Saying it’s unclear is making a false statement in your reporting.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5d

I really appreciate Justice Jackson contrasting the lower courts' meticulous and responsible approach to judging—extensive deliberations, written opinions—with the Supreme Court's slapdash, unreasoned work over the shadow docket. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

They have done so in reasoned and thoughtful written opinions—opinions that, in the nor- ‘mal course, we would get to parse, assess, and embrace or reject, while fully explaining our reasoning.

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WataugaWatch @wataugawatch.bsky.social · 5d

If Dallas Woodhouse is allowed to train new members of county bds of election, the actual State Bd of Elections has abandoned its duty.
blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/10/worm...

Wormwood*

We get why Dallas Woodhouse has been installed as the czar of "election integrity," and you should understand it too, because it means not...

blog.wataugawatch.net

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Neil Mara @citizendad.bsky.social · Jul 22

One of the last great figures in civil rights law, James Ferguson, passed away yesterday. He was the key partner to Julius Chambers, who led the landmark “Swann” Supreme Court case that desegregated Charlotte schools and launched busing nationwide.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

NC leaders mourn death of legendary Charlotte civil rights attorney James Ferguson

Ferguson helped to desegregate schools in North Carolina and the country.

www.charlotteobserver.com

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Sydney Haulenbeek @shaulenbeek.bsky.social · 7d

Common Cause sued a North Carolina county board of elections in federal court Wednesday, claiming the state’s legislature passed discriminatory measures to impose new electoral districts. #nccourts #ncpol

@courthousenews.bsky.social

www.courthousenews.com/north-caroli...

North Carolina voters say lawmakers retaliated over redistricting reform

The plaintiffs claim the state’s General Assembly interfered in local elections by preventing voters from adopting alternative election districts.

www.courthousenews.com

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Brandon Kingdollar @kingdollar.bsky.social · 7d

A group of Watauga County voters is suing over voting maps enacted by the General Assembly for local races, arguing they represent an illegal gerrymander.

The county commission currently has five Republican members — it previously had a 3-2 Democratic majority.

Watauga voters sue over county maps, alleging illegal gerrymandering • NC Newsline

A federal lawsuit accuses the legislature of forcing unconstitutional voting maps on Watauga County to help local Republican candidates win.

ncnewsline.com

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Sailor Jones @sailorjones.bsky.social · 7d

Once again, everyday North Carolinians are leading some of the nation’s most important fights for voting rights. Watauga County has a plan to win with @commoncause.org

Watauga voters and Common Cause file lawsuit against NC legislature’s illegal manipulation of county voting maps

www.commoncause.org

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 7d

4/4 🚨🚨"With our democracy under attack like never before, the role of a fair judiciary in safeguarding election integrity and indeed democracy itself could not be more critical.” @billycorriher.bsky.social

👉READ: tinyurl.com/JusticeNC

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 7d

New research on NC courts #ncpol

People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 7d

2/4: Among NC Superior Judges:
✅Only 16% have backgrounds as public defenders & 2% have legal aid experience.
✅Around 46% of judges are former prosecutors.
✅100% of the state's business court judges have worked on behalf of corporations.

👉READ MORE: tinyurl.com/JusticeNC

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 7d

1/4🚨NEW REPORT, “Imbalanced Justice: North Carolina,” by Faith Allen, a PPP State Courts Fellow from NC Central University that reveals a concerning lack of pro-people superior and appellate court judges versus those representing a corporate or prosecutorial background.

👉READ: tinyurl.com/JusticeNC

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