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In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.
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North Carolina Democrats praised Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on redistricting, but the decision likely won’t have a major effect on the maps drawn for next year’s election.
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The justices on Tuesday rejected the broadest view of a legal theory that could have transformed elections for Congress and president by leaving state legislatures virtually unchecked by their state courts when dealing with federal elections.
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The justices declined without comment Monday to hear an appeal from the Charter Day School in the eastern North Carolina town of Leland. A federal appeals court had ruled the school’s dress code violated students' constitutional rights.
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Andrew Brennen graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 2019. When he was a student at the university, he and several other students of color were permitted to become a party to the case on the same side as UNC. The students provided testimony on the value of a diverse campus.
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The dispute stems from North Carolina’s 2021 decision to stop issuing specialty license plates bearing the insignia of the North Carolina chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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Protesters began gathering near Raleigh's Bicentennial Plaza around 5:30 p.m., just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court announced a 6-3 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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North Carolina leaders were quick to react to the court's 6-3 decision. Unlike many other southern states, North Carolina does not have a trigger ban on abortions.
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A draft opinion published by Politico suggests that earlier this year a majority of Supreme Court justices supported overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.
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North Carolina's justices have agreed to accelerate the process to determine whether a trial judge had authority to order $1.75 billion in taxpayer money be spent to address inequities in the public schools.