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Sydney Haulenbeek
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Reporting on everything North Carolina for Courthouse News; #ncpol and #nccourts focus ✍️🏻 | ✉️ raleigh@courthousenews.com
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Sydney Haulenbeek @shaulenbeek.bsky.social · Nov 14
Most employees are protected under civil rights statutes and can sue if their employer doesn't properly handle discrimination or harassment.

What about the 30,000 judicial branch employees who don't have that safety net?

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Without civil rights protections, judicial employees are left in limbo
If the judiciary can't remove judges for bad behavior, and its employees aren't covered by the Civil Rights Act, what recourse is left for 30,000 federal employees?
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Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins took the stand on the third day of the NASCAR antitrust trial, telling the jury that his company has never made a profit in over 20 years of racing, despite being “very frugal.” #nascar

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Team owner suing NASCAR says he has never made a profit in decades of racing
NASCAR's newest racing contract removed teams’ ability to veto expensive changes, which Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins called “taxation without representation.”
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December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Race car driver Denny Hamlin called NASCAR's proposed 2025 racing contract that spurred a lawsuit a “death sentence” for his business. #NASCAR #nccourts

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Racing teams scrutinize NASCAR exec texts in antitrust trial
Race car driver and 23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin called NASCAR's proposed 2025 racing contract that spurred the case a “death sentence” for his business.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Denny Hamlin opens NASCAR antitrust trial with emotional testimony @shaulenbeek.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/denny-hamlin...
Denny Hamlin opens NASCAR antitrust trial with emotional testimony
“There’s only one side going out of business,” professional stock car driver Denny Hamlin and co-owner, alongside Michael Jordan, of a racing team taking NASCAR to trial.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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In opening arguments Monday, Front Row Motorsports and 23XI Racing argued that the trial will show that NASCAR prevented competition in the top-tier stock car racing market. #nascar

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Denny Hamlin opens NASCAR antitrust trial with emotional testimony
“There’s only one side going out of business,” professional stock car driver Denny Hamlin and co-owner, alongside Michael Jordan, of a racing team taking NASCAR to trial.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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With settlement talks fizzled, it’ll soon be up to a jury to decide basketball legend Michael Jordan’s antitrust case against racing giant NASCAR. @shaulenbeek.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nascar-legal...
NASCAR legal saga hits home stretch as antitrust trial begins
Basketball legend Michael Jordan, who co-owns 23XI Racing, is expected to be in attendance the entire trial.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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With settlement talks fizzled, it’ll soon be up to a jury to decide basketball legend Michael Jordan’s antitrust case against racing giant NASCAR. #NASCAR #nccourts

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NASCAR legal saga hits home stretch as antitrust trial begins
Basketball legend Michael Jordan, who co-owns 23XI Racing, is expected to be in attendance the entire trial.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The plaintiffs claimed in court last week that the state’s legislature initiated redistricting to harm voters and that it was an act of retaliation for lawsuits filed over the 2023 map. @shaulenbeek.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.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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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

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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.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Legacy Motor Club and Rick Ware Racing have officially finalized the end of their cases over the sale of a racing charter. #nccourts #nascar

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Rick Ware Racing and Legacy NASCAR charter dispute comes to an end
The teams jointly dismissed Legacy Motor Club’s suit, along with Rick Ware Racing’s countersuit against the competing team.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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The federal judges quashed constitutional and voting discrimination claims, saying that politics — not race — explain polarized voting in North Carolina. @shaulenbeek.bsky.social

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No foul found in GOP-drawn 2023 North Carolina congressional map
The federal judges quashed constitutional and voting discrimination claims, saying that politics — not race — explain polarized voting in the state.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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North Carolina lawmakers did not violate federal voting law with their 2023 congressional map, a conservative panel ruled Thursday evening. #nccourts #ncpol

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No foul found in GOP-drawn 2023 North Carolina congressional map
The federal judges quashed constitutional and voting discrimination claims, saying that politics — not race — explain polarized voting in the state.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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North Carolina voters ask to block new election map from use in 2026 midterms @shaulenbeek.bsky.social

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North Carolina voters ask to block new election map from use in 2026 midterms
Voters had previously challenged and were awaiting a ruling over redrawn election maps in 2023, when state lawmakers unveiled even newer maps in 2025.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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North Carolina voters argued before a federal panel Wednesday that the court should prevent the state’s new congressional map from being used in the 2026 midterms. #nccourts #ncpol

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North Carolina voters ask to block new election map from use in 2026 midterms
Voters had previously challenged and were awaiting a ruling over redrawn election maps in 2023, when state lawmakers unveiled even newer maps in 2025.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Border Patrol expands to more North Carolina cities amid Charlotte crackdown @shaulenbeek.bsky.social

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Border Patrol expands to more North Carolina cities amid Charlotte crackdown
Federal immigration agents have been sighted in Raleigh and Durham, following protests against their presence in Charlotte.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Federal immigration agents have been sighted in Raleigh and Durham, following protests against their presence in Charlotte.

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Border Patrol expands to more North Carolina cities amid Charlotte crackdown
Federal immigration agents have been sighted in Raleigh and Durham, following protests against their presence in Charlotte.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Does a family of bears impact the habitability of a property? #nccourts
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The former CEO of Habitat For Humanity of Durham has sued, claiming she was targeted for not being "woke" enough. She disagreed that a vendor's photo of her white daughters with two Black girls was perpetuating “white supremacy," she said, and was fired. #nccourts
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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‘Heads we win, tails you lose’: Teams taking on NASCAR secure major win in pretrial order @shaulenbeek.bsky.social

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‘Heads we win, tails you lose’: Teams taking on NASCAR secure major win in pretrial order
A federal judge confirmed NASCAR has monopsony power over the premium stock car racing market, just weeks before the parties present their case before a jury.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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A federal judge confirmed NASCAR has monopsony power over the premium stock car racing market, just weeks before the parties present their case before a jury. #nascar #nccourts

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‘Heads we win, tails you lose’: Teams taking on NASCAR secure major win in pretrial order
A federal judge confirmed NASCAR has monopsony power over the premium stock car racing market, just weeks before the parties present their case before a jury.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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A lawsuit filed against McDonalds in Charlotte court today claims that a restaurant in Conover sold a man a cheeseburger with a dead insect in it. The plaintiff says the pesticide that killed the insect caused him to become so ill that he had to have emergency surgery. #nccourts
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Voting groups raise alarm over 'rash' new North Carolina congressional map @shaulenbeek.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/voting-group...
Voting groups raise alarm over 'rash' new North Carolina congressional map
Unless the court intervenes, the map that the NAACP and voting rights advocates say were rushed through to approval will be used in the crucial 2026 midterms.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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NEW: 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 beyond the borders of his state.

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“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...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A fossil of two dinosaurs locked in battle shows the smaller of the pair wasn’t a young T. rex but a full-grown predator of its own species. www.courthousenews.com/tiny-predato...
Tiny predator rewrites the T. rex story
A fossil of two dinosaurs locked in battle shows the smaller of the pair wasn’t a young T. rex but a full-grown predator of its own species.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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In their countersuit, NASCAR and owner Jim France claimed the teams “engaged in active threats and coercive behavior” and ran an “illegal cartel” and that 23XI co-owner Curtis Polk was the ringleader of the group. @shaulenbeek.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-smacks...
Judge smacks down NASCAR's countersuit against teams
A federal judge found NASCAR fell short of proving the teams’ involvement in joint contract negotiations violated antitrust law.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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A federal judge ended NASCAR’s countersuit against two teams suing it over antitrust violations Tuesday. #nccourts #nascar

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Judge smacks down NASCAR's countersuit against teams
A federal judge found NASCAR fell short of proving the teams’ involvement in joint contract negotiations violated antitrust law.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM