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News & Record Editorial: Legislature shakes judicial elections

Star News Editorial: Republicans make another power grab — this time, judicial seats

Winston-Salem Journal: Cooper vetoes bill that would have eliminated 2018 judicial primaries

WUNC/AP: Gov Cooper Vetoes Bill to Eliminate 2018 Judicial Primaries

HuffPost: North Carolina GOP Moves Forward With Attempt To Take Control Of State Courts

WRAL: Legislative leaders seek to turn N.C. into Banana Republic

WLOS: WNC Against Judicial Gerrymandering rally in downtown Asheville Monday

News & Observer: Is plan to cancel 2018 judicial primaries a tip that NC voters will be asked to abandon election of judges?  

Herald Sun: Justice in North Carolina under attack – Rep. Marica Morey

N.C. Policy Watch: Gerrymandering is only the latest attack on North Carolina’s court

N.C. Policy Watch: Voters for Clean Elections Director details attack on judicial independence

News & Observer: Are NC lawmakers moving toward abandoning election of judges and overhauling courts? 

N.C. Policy Watch: Rep. Justin Burr: Judicial redistricting, merit selection may not be either-or scenario

N.C. Policy Watch: Opposing lawmakers debate judicial redistricting ahead of next week’s House committee meeting

N.C. Policy Watch: Merit or maps? Judges futures could come down to clashing legislative proposals

News & Observer: Courts are roadblocks to NC lawmakers’ right turn

N&O A judge, a Vegas phone call and the NC GOP legislative effort to remake the judicial branch

N.C. Policy Watch Voting rights advocates gather before redistricting meeting to demand fair maps

WRAL Editorial: Zombie bills, like judicial gerrymandering, should stay entombed in committee 

Winston Salem Journal Sexton: Little bills, in a big rush, can tip checks and balances

Charlotte Observer: Local judge says he didn’t leave the Republican Party – the party left him

Indy Over Accusations of Gerrymandering, Republicans Introduce Bill to Redraw Judicial Maps

N.C. Policy Watch: North Carolina is not alone: The Right’s nationwide assault on state judiciaries

American Prospect: A Test of American Democracy – In attempts to undermine democracy, state lawmakers have set their sights on the courts.  (North Carolina focused)

WFAE: New Report Says North Carolina Out Front In Bills Targeting State Courts

WRAL Editorial: Legislators need to get out of the courtroom and down to business

N&O Editorial Cartoon: Berger’s Law

North Carolina Business Journal: Why listen to the N.C. Supreme Court, anyway?

N.C. Policy Watch: Republican judge on protests bill reducing Court of Appeals: ‘There weren’t any other options’

N&O Another stand-off with GOP over Cooper’s power looms

N&O The wrong way to reform courts

N&O Court changes would ‘seriously harm our judicial system,’ former chief justices say

N&O As NC independents grow, GOP stresses party labels for judges

N&R Trio of politically charged judicial bills clear House

Facing South Open war against the judiciary

N&O Cooper should veto bill that puts party labels on NC judicial races

N&O GOP tries to further limit Cooper with changes in judicial appointments

US News GOP Wants Trial Court races Officially Partisan Again

N&O Making more judicial and local races partisan puts politics above good governance

N&O Elected official who attack the courts undermine the judicial system

American Prospect: Big Money’s Other Casualty: Fair Courts

Judicial Campaign Media

MSNBC All In with Chris Hayes: Deluge of Big Money in Judicial Elections (9 min mark)

National Journal: When Judges Go Courting

Democracy Now: Will Dark Money Reshape North Carolina Political Landscape from Senate Race to State Supreme Court?

New York Times editorial: Judges and Justice for Sale

New York Times: Outside Spending Enters Arena of Judicial Races

Daily Beast: Outside Cash Floods North Carolina Judicial Races

Washington Post: In N.C., conservative donor sits at heart of government he helped transform

WRAL: Big business spends to unseat NC Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson

News & Observer op-ed:  Alarming campaign to create ‘politicians in robes’ –  Melissa Price Kromm and Bert Brandenburg on big money in judicial elections

News & Observer editorial: Money in Politics weaken the independence of courts

Charlotte Observer: NC Supreme Court: Martin wins chief justice seat; Levinson trailing

Charlotte Observer: Sarah Parker leaves legacy on Supreme Court

Greensboro News & Record: Tracking the players in the effort to oust judge

Greensboro News & Record editorial: Money and high court races

Wilmington Star-News editorial: Attack ads on candidates threaten to taint justice system

WFAE: Controversial ‘Justice for All NC’ PAC Returns for Late Push on Judges

AP: Dialing for dollars’ new for NC court hopefuls

ABC11: I-Team investigates outside money’s influence on local elections

Last Week w/ John Oliver on Money in Politics and Electing Judges