Billy Corriher
@billycorriher.bsky.social
State courts @peoplesparity.bsky.social @pppaction.bsky.social
writer, activist, Tar Heel
he/him
#NCpol
writer, activist, Tar Heel
he/him
#NCpol
I know. Myers has been good sometimes. Finally did the right thing with Griffin and Riggs. But very disappointing ruling on the districts.
(He’s still better than Thomas Farr, who would’ve been in that seat.)
(He’s still better than Thomas Farr, who would’ve been in that seat.)
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I know. Myers has been good sometimes. Finally did the right thing with Griffin and Riggs. But very disappointing ruling on the districts.
(He’s still better than Thomas Farr, who would’ve been in that seat.)
(He’s still better than Thomas Farr, who would’ve been in that seat.)
Yeah, it sucks. It was all-GOP, which is wild in the Fourth Circuit. Not sure I remember that ever happening before, for either party.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yeah, it sucks. It was all-GOP, which is wild in the Fourth Circuit. Not sure I remember that ever happening before, for either party.
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This is voter suppression. This is a direct attack on Black voter freedoms. This is exactly how democracy gets dismantled!
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is voter suppression. This is a direct attack on Black voter freedoms. This is exactly how democracy gets dismantled!
😆 I was working there at the time. It didn’t stay in the men’s room long enough.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
😆 I was working there at the time. It didn’t stay in the men’s room long enough.
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6/ That’s not all. During his two-decade rise, Newby has provided a blueprint for conservatives to seize most of the nation’s state supreme courts, which have increasingly become the final word on abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights and, especially, voting rights.
publicintegrity.org/politics/hig...
publicintegrity.org/politics/hig...
How Republicans flipped America’s state supreme courts
State supreme courts were once dominated by Democrats. An effort by right-wing groups has changed that.
publicintegrity.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
6/ That’s not all. During his two-decade rise, Newby has provided a blueprint for conservatives to seize most of the nation’s state supreme courts, which have increasingly become the final word on abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights and, especially, voting rights.
publicintegrity.org/politics/hig...
publicintegrity.org/politics/hig...
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For context, here's my @rhodeislandcurrent.com report from earlier this year about ICE enforcement at RI courthouses.
ICE agents are keeping watch outside courthouses. They upended a North Providence couple’s life. • Rhode Island Current
The June arrest of Guatemalan national Pablo Grave de la Cruz, 36, outside the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal in Cranston is one of a growing number by federal immigration agents at or around courthous...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For context, here's my @rhodeislandcurrent.com report from earlier this year about ICE enforcement at RI courthouses.