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The latest draft of the state budget includes a paragraph allowing state legislators to decide what to do with their office’s records. The ACLU of North Carolina’s Director of Policy & Advocacy Liz Barber issued the following statement.
RALEIGH - Last week, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita S. Earls filed a lawsuit against the Judicial Standards Commission to defend “her First Amendment rights to speak on the subject of lack of diversity in our state’s courts.”
On Friday, August 25, Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13) joined leaders from the ACLU of North Carolina and Wake County small business owners to discuss the impact of abortion bans on the business community and the future of abortion access in North Carolina.
The North Carolina General Assembly voted today to override Governor Cooper’s veto of three bills targeting transgender youth, House Bill 808, House Bill 574, and Senate Bill 49.
Governor Cooper vetoed three bills today that target transgender youth. Senior Policy Counsel of the ACLU of NC Liz Barber issued the following statement.
SB 631 and HB 574 are two of 491 anti-LGBTQ bills that have been filed across the country this legislative session, and among four moving at the North Carolina General Assembly this week alone.