The Voting Rights Act
Today’s Supreme Court decision is a devastating blow. Justice Kagan’s dissent says it all: “The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—‘one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation’s history,’” she wrote. “It was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights […]
Terence Everitt Resigns
Grateful for Terence Everitt’s service and the years he spent fighting for all of us in the General Assembly. In a Facebook post, Everitt, who’s an attorney, cited a new role with the North Carolina Voter Protection Alliance. He has served as the group’s executive director since it launched several months ago. It says on […]