Billy Corriher
@billycorriher.bsky.social
State courts @peoplesparity.bsky.social @pppaction.bsky.social
writer, activist, Tar Heel
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#NCpol
writer, activist, Tar Heel
he/him
#NCpol
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Judge Richard Myers has FINALLY ordered the state elections board to certify Justice Allison Riggs’ victory!
Griffin has a week to appeal, but things aren’t looking good for the sorest loser in America. #ncpol storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Griffin has a week to appeal, but things aren’t looking good for the sorest loser in America. #ncpol storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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North Carolina’s new congressional map, expected to gain Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House, will be used during the midterms, barring further court intervention. #nccourts #ncpol
@courthousenews.bsky.social
www.courthousenews.com/judges-uphol...
@courthousenews.bsky.social
www.courthousenews.com/judges-uphol...
Judges uphold North Carolina map for use in 2026 elections
The panel was not swayed by arguments that lawmakers can’t choose to redistrict solely for political advantage.
www.courthousenews.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
North Carolina’s new congressional map, expected to gain Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House, will be used during the midterms, barring further court intervention. #nccourts #ncpol
@courthousenews.bsky.social
www.courthousenews.com/judges-uphol...
@courthousenews.bsky.social
www.courthousenews.com/judges-uphol...
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Last week, NC A&T students lost their on-campus #earlyvoting site. Let's be clear about what this means. #NCpol
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Last week, NC A&T students lost their on-campus #earlyvoting site. Let's be clear about what this means. #NCpol
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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!
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This is wild. Under Atkins, SCiLL is modeling the civic virtues of a banana republic. @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social
www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
'Dictatorial powers': SCiLL dean ignored vote of the School's advisory board
New evidence obtained by The Daily Tar Heel gives weight to claims made by professors who resigned from the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
www.dailytarheel.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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BREAKING: Missouri's AG has opened an immigration-related investigation into the signature drive aiming to overturn the GOP’s gerrymander.
She’s now demanding a list of employees and their identity documents just weeks before the signature deadline.
She’s now demanding a list of employees and their identity documents just weeks before the signature deadline.
Missouri AG Launches Last-Ditch Immigration Probe into Referendum that Threatens GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
BREAKING: Missouri's AG has opened an immigration-related investigation into the signature drive aiming to overturn the GOP’s gerrymander.
She’s now demanding a list of employees and their identity documents just weeks before the signature deadline.
She’s now demanding a list of employees and their identity documents just weeks before the signature deadline.
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This is not who we are as a nation, and it’s not who we are as North Carolinians.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is not who we are as a nation, and it’s not who we are as North Carolinians.
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Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
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State courts need to put an end to this nonsense. Here's how they should use state constitutions to invalidate mid-decade redistricting: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
State courts need to put an end to this nonsense. Here's how they should use state constitutions to invalidate mid-decade redistricting: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has appointed lower court panels to hear the lawsuits over the GOP-favoring congressional gerrymander.
It’s unclear whether this will resolve in time for a 2026 remap, but a fairer map would likely give Dems a good chance turn the 6-2 GOP majority into at least a 4-4 split
It’s unclear whether this will resolve in time for a 2026 remap, but a fairer map would likely give Dems a good chance turn the 6-2 GOP majority into at least a 4-4 split
This is a big deal. Order out about an hour ago.
Any effort at fairness would add at least one Democratic seat.
Any effort at fairness would add at least one Democratic seat.
Alert! Wisconsin Supreme Court appoints panels to hear challenges to state’s congressional map
— The Wisconsin Supreme Court today appointed separate three-judge panels to hear two lawsuits seeking new congressional lines ahead of the 2026 elections. The court’s move will be the first use...
pro.stateaffairs.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has appointed lower court panels to hear the lawsuits over the GOP-favoring congressional gerrymander.
It’s unclear whether this will resolve in time for a 2026 remap, but a fairer map would likely give Dems a good chance turn the 6-2 GOP majority into at least a 4-4 split
It’s unclear whether this will resolve in time for a 2026 remap, but a fairer map would likely give Dems a good chance turn the 6-2 GOP majority into at least a 4-4 split
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Montana Republicans saw Trump doing whatever he wants and decided they needed their own pet Supreme Court too ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases. GOP lawmakers are responding in kind.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Montana Republicans saw Trump doing whatever he wants and decided they needed their own pet Supreme Court too ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
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It was my privilege today to appoint Colleen Melody to the Washington Supreme Court.
When I was Attorney General, I established a Civil Rights Division. Colleen agreed to come and build it from the ground up. Now, by any fair measure, it's the best civil rights division in any AGO in the country.
When I was Attorney General, I established a Civil Rights Division. Colleen agreed to come and build it from the ground up. Now, by any fair measure, it's the best civil rights division in any AGO in the country.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It was my privilege today to appoint Colleen Melody to the Washington Supreme Court.
When I was Attorney General, I established a Civil Rights Division. Colleen agreed to come and build it from the ground up. Now, by any fair measure, it's the best civil rights division in any AGO in the country.
When I was Attorney General, I established a Civil Rights Division. Colleen agreed to come and build it from the ground up. Now, by any fair measure, it's the best civil rights division in any AGO in the country.
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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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More women and girls will die thanks to the North Dakota Supreme Court 🤬
In a split decision, the court upheld the state’s abortion ban despite a lower court ruling it unconstitutional.
No bodily autonomy and endangering lives. Despicable.
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/11/21/b...
In a split decision, the court upheld the state’s abortion ban despite a lower court ruling it unconstitutional.
No bodily autonomy and endangering lives. Despicable.
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/11/21/b...
North Dakota abortion ban deemed constitutional in split opinion from state Supreme Court • North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota’s abortion ban survived a court challenge after the state Supreme Court failed to meet the supermajority required to overturn the law.
northdakotamonitor.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
More women and girls will die thanks to the North Dakota Supreme Court 🤬
In a split decision, the court upheld the state’s abortion ban despite a lower court ruling it unconstitutional.
No bodily autonomy and endangering lives. Despicable.
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/11/21/b...
In a split decision, the court upheld the state’s abortion ban despite a lower court ruling it unconstitutional.
No bodily autonomy and endangering lives. Despicable.
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/11/21/b...
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time for us to learn about Paul Newby, North Carolina Chief Justice, christofascist, serial adopter, adoption agency founder, and baby thief. 🥚
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
time for us to learn about Paul Newby, North Carolina Chief Justice, christofascist, serial adopter, adoption agency founder, and baby thief. 🥚
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
Read this quote and knew it had to be Gene Nichol 🔥 #ncpol
“North Carolina Republicans have broadly become moral ghosts in the Trump age. They ignore, or openly embrace, monstrous words and acts wildly contrary to their declared, and boasted upon, creeds, oaths, constitutional commitments and pledges of allegiance.”
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
Two voices North Carolina needs to hear on the Border Patrol | Opinion
Gene Nichol: Two voices North Carolina needs to hear on the Border Patrol | Opinion
www.newsobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Read this quote and knew it had to be Gene Nichol 🔥 #ncpol
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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.
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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Voting rights groups challenging the newly drawn 1st Congressional District in North Carolina presented an argument courts have never before considered — that the mid-decade, voluntary redistricting retaliated against voters. ncnewsline.com/briefs/votin... By @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol #nc
Voting rights groups ask federal judges to block new gerrymandered NC congressional districts • NC Newsline
Federal judges will decide whether to prevent two new NC congressional districts from being used in the 2026 midterm elections.
ncnewsline.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Voting rights groups challenging the newly drawn 1st Congressional District in North Carolina presented an argument courts have never before considered — that the mid-decade, voluntary redistricting retaliated against voters. ncnewsline.com/briefs/votin... By @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol #nc
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With two judges dissenting, the justices sided with Montanans for Nonpartisan Courts, ruling that changes Knudsen made to Constitutional Initiative 132 would “mislead voters and prevent them from casting an intelligent and informed ballot.”
Attorney general’s edits to ballot initiative went too far, Montana Supreme Court rules
Montana’s attorney general, known for claiming liberal bias in unfavorable rulings, asserted that nonpartisan judicial races hide candidate party affiliation.
montanafreepress.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
With two judges dissenting, the justices sided with Montanans for Nonpartisan Courts, ruling that changes Knudsen made to Constitutional Initiative 132 would “mislead voters and prevent them from casting an intelligent and informed ballot.”
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NEW: West Virginia's constitution is notable for its 1863 provision that emancipated enslaved people—over a year before the U.S. Constitution—and its emphasis on personal freedom. Michelle Mensore Condon explores the history and unique features of the Mountain State's founding document.
The West Virginia Constitution: Mountaineers Are Always Free
An early West Virginia constitution emancipated enslaved people in 1863, more than a year before the U.S. Constitution.
statecourtreport.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW: West Virginia's constitution is notable for its 1863 provision that emancipated enslaved people—over a year before the U.S. Constitution—and its emphasis on personal freedom. Michelle Mensore Condon explores the history and unique features of the Mountain State's founding document.
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Here's a strange story that may get little notice amid all the understandable crush of news about immigration raids: #ncpol www.wral.com/news/state/n...
NC Bar rebukes GOP push to publicize employees’ political affiliations
Republican operatives want to know the political parties and campaign contributions of state regulators who oversee lawyers in North Carolina. The State Bar said it doesn’t know that information and w...
www.wral.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here's a strange story that may get little notice amid all the understandable crush of news about immigration raids: #ncpol www.wral.com/news/state/n...
Still amazing to me that under Chief Justice Newby, the NC Supreme Court hasn’t deliberated any high profile cases since they legalized gerrymandering in 2023. #ncpol www.propublica.org/article/paul...
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Still amazing to me that under Chief Justice Newby, the NC Supreme Court hasn’t deliberated any high profile cases since they legalized gerrymandering in 2023. #ncpol www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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“People are nervous just because of the tactics. Even me. I’m brown-skinned and I’m an American citizen and I’m a vet. But here I’m thinking: should I be carrying my passport with me?” Victoria Bouloubasis reports for @theguardian.com from Charlotte NC, where at least 81 were arrested. #ncpol
Charlotte, North Carolina reels as 81 people arrested in immigration raids
Thriving business districts in North Carolina city now at a ‘standstill’ after at least 81 were arrested over the weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“People are nervous just because of the tactics. Even me. I’m brown-skinned and I’m an American citizen and I’m a vet. But here I’m thinking: should I be carrying my passport with me?” Victoria Bouloubasis reports for @theguardian.com from Charlotte NC, where at least 81 were arrested. #ncpol
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Pundits have said Zohran is a strictly-NYC phenomenon. But a DSA member named Kelsea Bond just got elected to the Atlanta City Council. I talked to her about how she won.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Pundits have said Zohran is a strictly-NYC phenomenon. But a DSA member named Kelsea Bond just got elected to the Atlanta City Council. I talked to her about how she won.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...