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Jul 13, 2015
North Carolina Is Making It Harder for People to Vote, and We’re Pushing Back
Trial begins in our challenge to the North Carolina's 2013 voter suppression law, which election law expert Richard Hasen described as “the most sweeping anti-voter law in at least decades,” designed “to make it harder for people — especially non-white people . . . — to register or cast a vote.
Jul 13, 2015
North Carolina Is Making It Harder for People to Vote, and We’re Pushing Back
Trial begins in our challenge to the North Carolina's 2013 voter suppression law, which election law expert Richard Hasen described as “the most sweeping anti-voter law in at least decades,” designed “to make it harder for people — especially non-white people . . . — to register or cast a vote.
Jun 02, 2015
North Carolina Appeals Court Hears Arguments over Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking
Yesterday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments in Perry v. State of North Carolina, a case that asks whether the government should be allowed to track your location in real time using your cell phone without first obtaining a warrant.
May 19, 2015
Prosecutor Tells Pregnant Woman Punched in Stomach: “Assault on a Latino by a Latino” Deserves Less Protection
According to Locke Bell, the district attorney of Gaston County, North Carolina, the ethnicity of a domestic-violence survivor can disqualify that person from equal protection under the law.
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