Jefferson Griffin’s Gambit For a State Supreme Court Seat

Jefferson Griffin, who currently serves on the Court of Appeals, is the Republican candidate for the state Supreme Court. (Photo courtesy of Griffin's campaign)

Last year, a state board and rules commission said overseas voters didn’t need to provide photo ID. Now Griffin wants ballots from heavily Democratic counties tossed.

The Majority v. Anita Earls

Raleigh, NC - December 14th, 2023: North Carolina Supreme Court Justice, Anita Earls, sits for a portrait at her bench in the North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Cornell Watson for The Assembly)

As one of two Democrats and the only Black justice on the state Supreme Court, Earls at the center of an ongoing debate about politicization.