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A split 2-1 ruling in a Fourth Amendment case from North Carolina Tuesday prompted the chief federal appellate judge to take issue with fellow Judge James Wynn’s dissent. The majority opinion devoted multiple pages to critiquing Wynn’s arguments.
A federal judge has scheduled oral arguments for Feb. 28 in a case challenging North Carolina’s law restricting felon voting. The hearing will address a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss the case as moot.
A federal lawsuit that targets North Carolina’s restrictions on felon voting will return to a federal courtroom on Nov. 14. A hearing is scheduled that morning on the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.
Two members of the Surry County Board of Elections were removed from office Tuesday by the North Carolina Board of Elections after a series of hearings over…