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How a North Carolina judge is using the GOP playbook to steal an election

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  Wednesday, March 26   In North Carolina, losing state Supreme Court nominee Jefferson Griffin is using the exact same playbook the GOP used to try and steal the 2020 election. Also in this issue of  Eye On The Right : Breaking down the GOP’s war on lawyers, law firms, judges and courts, and how Pam Bondi is using the GOP to punish Elon Musk’s enemies. As always, thanks for reading. — Matt Cohen, Senior Staff Writer At Democracy Docket, we prioritize our readers in everything we do. Help support our pro-democracy news outlet as we continue to hold the Trump administration accountable.  Join us  in the fight for a stronger, more transparent democracy. How a North Carolina judge is using the GOP playbook to steal an election Last week, a panel of judges   heard arguments   from lawyers representing a Republican candidate who narrowly lost his most recent election — only to challenge those results, ask for tens of thousands of legal ballots to be tossed ...

Appeals court panel to hear North Carolina Supreme Court challenge

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    Friday, March 14 Want to know the easiest way to support Democracy Docket? Take a few seconds to  forward this email to a friend  so that they can stay informed on the fight for our democracy in the courts. Appeals court panel to hear North Carolina Supreme Court challenge It’s been more than four months since voters cast their ballots in the highly contentious North Carolina state Supreme Court race. The election has yet to be certified, because Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin is suing to overturn the results, insisting that more than 60,000 votes be thrown out as illegitimate. In the latest  update , a 2-1 GOP-majority panel in the North Carolina Court of Appeals will hear Griffin’s case March 21. This comes almost a month after the North Carolina Supreme Court — the very court Griffin is seeking a seat on — denied his petition to bypass the appeals court and have the state’s highest court rule on the matter. Trump resisting order to reinstate thous...