Courts

A lawsuit filed on behalf of an adult and two minors in federal court says North Carolina’s requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery is discriminatory, and not in line with a majority of states and medical organizations.

A North Carolina judge has set a trial date next summer for a political operative accused of ballot fraud involving a 2018 congressional election whose results ultimately got thrown out.

Students for Fair Admissions, Incorporated sued UNC-Chapel Hill. The advocacy group argued that UNC's admissions policies were racially discriminatory against Asian American and white students.

Judge Loretta Biggs ruled that the University of North Carolina showed it has a compelling reason to pursue a diverse student body and measurable benefits that result. The group's president, Edward Blum, told The Associated Press he'll file his appeal on Tuesday and hopes the Supreme Court will consider this case together with its suit against Harvard.

Judge Athena Brooks denied a motion Thursday to release Maurice Evans Jr. on bond. Evans is charged with murder in the Sept. 1 shooting death of William Miller Jr. at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem.

District Court Judge Jennifer Karpowicz Bland switched her registration in early September. Cooper announced her Bland's appointment the week before.

Children as young as 6 can be prosecuted in North Carolina juvenile court — the lowest age set by law in the country — but a bipartisan effort would raise the minimum age of delinquency to 10 and move the state out of its status at the bottom.

A 2016 North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh glare after a judge refused to make public footage of deputies shooting and killing Andrew Brown Jr.

A judge has denied requests to release body camera video in the case of a Black man who killed by North Carolina deputies. The decision came Wednesday shortly after a North Carolina prosecutor said that Andrew Brown Jr. had hit law enforcement officers with his car before they opened fire.

The North Carolina Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will remove a portrait of a former chief justice from its courtroom who staunchly defended…