Billy Corriher

GOP group targets Black voters with mailer comparing Virginia redistricting to Jim Crow The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus endorsed the redistricting effort Monday and condemned the imagery in the mailer.

NEW: A GOP-tied group targeted Black Virginians with manipulative mailers on the state’s redistricting special election, claiming “Just like Jim Crow, [Democrats] want to silence your voice”

While it provided no detailed information on the measure, it did depict Ku Klux Klan imagery.

North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well. - Inside Climate News Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, ...

North Carolina's complaint system for regulating swine, poultry, and cattle farm waste is broken, reports @lisasorg.bsky.social in @insideclimatenews.org. Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of industrial farms. #ncpol

U.S. Supreme Court Asserts New Shadow Docket Powers Over State Courts A stay granted in a New York redistricting case expands the Supreme Court’s emergency docket to encompass countless state court rulings.

Thrilled to feature @stevevladeck.bsky.social's analysis of SCOTUS's shadow docket ruling in the NY redistricting case in @statecourtreport.org. He argues it raises significant jurisdictional issues & is a dramatic expansion of SCOTUS's power over state courts. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

This has been on my list for NC-focused donations and subscriptions. Finally just did it. And you can too!

It's not a big collective ask from Billy, but in this economy, it'll take all of us. Chip in.

#ncpol

YouTube video by ProgressNCAction Are Our Elections Still Fair? Auditor & State Board Make Voters in North Carolina Nervous.

NC should be able to have full confidence that our elections are being handled fairly. Because of Dave Boliek's actions, not all of us do right now. The number for Boliek's office is 919-807-7500. #ncpol #election
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Eden Central precinct on elections map: Sam Page 53%, Phil Berger 46%

Phil Berger didn't win a single precinct in Rockingham County, not even the one that includes his home in Eden.

Oh nice! I remember this now. I thought you were saying they changed it back to Vance.

WTF?! Where?

Great idea! I have no idea how audiobooks work, but I'm gonna try to make that happen. I'll keep you posted.

Yep, and James Ferguson. Chambers got the best lawyers to come to Charlotte and fight for civil rights.

Justice for the People - The Anita Earls Story From a humble orphanage to the halls of power, this modern-day civil rights hero defies the odds every time defeat appears inevitable.

I see a lot of parallels between the lives of Chambers and Earls. She’s still fighting his battles.

You can help me get her story out now, while Earls is on the ballot. She’s going to face all kinds of lies and mudslinging, and we can tell the truth. #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/206...

Julius Chambers Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936–2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s ...

Chambers was an incredible person, who almost became a federal judge. He passed away in 2013. If you’re interested in civil rights history, I recommend this 2022 biography: uncpress.org/978146966930...

None of this deterred Chambers. His firm grew, and Anita Earls joined in the late 1980s. The two worked together on crucial voting rights cases. In the coming years, Earls would find herself defending the victories that Chambers had earned in the past. www.facebook.com/share/p/1H3D...

Chambers traveled the state and called on Black people to step forward and sue institutions that discriminated. While he was speaking in New Bern, his car was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan. His law office and home were also bombed.

After interning with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Chambers established an integrated, Black-led law firm in Charlotte, “the first of its kind.” The firm led LDF’s push to desegregate the South and implement the new civil rights laws.

Chambers grew up in a tiny town in Eastern NC and graduated from an under resourced, all-Black high school the same year that Brown v Board was decided. He went to NC Central, then UNC Law, 1st in the class of 1962. Go Heels 🐏

Julius Chambers, a life in the legal struggle for civil rights, an image of a smiling Black man with glasses and a mustache.

I just read a biography of Julius Chambers, a civil rights legend and a mentor for Anita Earls in North Carolina. It’s an amazing story, and I can’t believe I didn’t know it until now. 🧵 #ncpol

Allam conceded last night

The "meritocracy" exposed: Internal emails reveal how the Trump administration hires legal interns “You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

1.Internal emails from Liberty University Law School, obtained by Popular Information, reveal how the Trump admin hires interns.

Students were informed about "exciting" legal internships at Labor Department.

“You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

It’s an all-GOP panel. This lawsuit was filed by the NAACP. The judges cited the Confederate Hate Speech Protection Act, or whatever that bill was called. #NCGA

NC Court of Appeals rules that my home county can keep their Confederate monument, which stands outside the courthouse they built in 1998. appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=... #ncpol

Jail abolitionist set to become judge in Charlotte after close win over incumbent “We’ll get you out of that cage,” Habekah Cannon’s attorney website read. Unofficial results show she won a Democratic primary for Mecklenburg District Court judge.

Jail abolitionist set to become judge in Charlotte after close win over incumbent #ncpol

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

Now we just have to get rid of the Junior Cheeseberger in 2028. 👨🏼‍⚖️ #ncpol

#ncga incumbents could look like they could lose:

Democrats: Reps. Carla Cunningham (Mecklenburg), Nasif Majeed (Mecklenburg), Shelly Willingham (Edgecombe) – all voted with GOP on veto overrides
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Anita Earls against the world The NC Supreme Court justice could be on the shortlist for the US Supreme Court someday. But first, she faces a right-wing smear campaign and a fight with cancer.

Read my full deep-dive on Earls, one of the most important civil rights attorneys in the modern South, at the 🔗 below.

www.thelivingsouth.com/anita-earls-...

2024 was not the first time the North Carolina Republican Party has tried cheating to steal and overturn a major judicial election.

In 2018, they tried a different scummy move against Justice Anita Earls. A lot of folks have forgotten about it, but we haven't - and nor should you.

Re-electing Justice Earls this year is essential, and part of making that happen is ensuring that people understand just how incredible she is. Billy’s book is critical to that effort!

It’s becoming rather obscene.

Thursday, the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance and Common Cause Ohio released a report that examines dark money in 2024 Ohio Supreme Court races. Click here to read more:
www.commoncause.org/ohio/articles/new-report-buying-the-bench-uncovering-dark-money-donors-in-the-2024-race-for-ohio-supreme-court/

Mississippi’s Black voters brace for an elections ruling that could gut their power on the state Supreme Court  The U.S. Supreme Court will rule in coming months on a case that could weaken or overturn key parts of the Voting Rights Act. Upending the law could radically alter the country’s voting maps, and the change would be felt heavily in Mississippi.

Mississippi’s Black voters brace for an elections ruling that could gut their power on the state Supreme Court 

The U.S. Supreme Court will rule in coming months on a case that could weaken or overturn key parts of the Voting Rights Act. Upending the law could radically alter the country’s voting…