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malaise

(292,926 posts)
Mon May 5, 2025, 07:40 PM May 2025

Breaking - Federal Judge orders the appointment of Judge Riggs

In a ruling that could put an end to nearly six months of legal battles over North Carolina’s contested Supreme Court election, a federal judge on Monday ruled against the Republican candidate’s effort to overturn his narrow loss. Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that Jefferson Griffin, a judge on the state Court of Appeals, cannot “change the…
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article305391111.html#storylink=cpy



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Breaking - Federal Judge orders the appointment of Judge Riggs (Original Post) malaise May 2025 OP
Better link malaise May 2025 #1
Now they will go screaming & crying to their scrotus because judge said they can't cheat SheltieLover May 2025 #2
They will lose malaise May 2025 #3
I sure hope it's over. SheltieLover May 2025 #6
Just heard that, Malaise peggysue2 May 2025 #4
Me too malaise May 2025 #5
Yes, it is! SheltieLover May 2025 #7
That judge? He was just a covffee boy... SheltieLover May 2025 #8
Creepy loser..... Historic NY May 2025 #9

malaise

(292,926 posts)
1. Better link
Mon May 5, 2025, 07:47 PM
May 2025
https://www.wral.com/story/federal-judge-tells-state-board-to-certify-riggs-victory-in-disputed-supreme-court-race/21993890/

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs would retain her seat on the state’s highest court under a new federal court order that said efforts to invalidate some absentee ballots are unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Richard Myers II on Monday ordered the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the Democrat’s narrow victory in the November election. But he paused the ruling for seven days to allow Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin to appeal.

This case concerns whether the federal Constitution permits a state to alter the rules of an election after the fact and apply those changes retroactively only to a select group of voters, and in so doing treat those voters differently than other similarly situated individuals,” Myers wrote. “This case is also about whether a state may redefine its class of eligible voters but offer no process to those who may have been misclassified as ineligible.




peggysue2

(12,389 posts)
4. Just heard that, Malaise
Mon May 5, 2025, 07:50 PM
May 2025

Finally! Six months of Republicans attempting to steal a judgeship in broad daylight. Kudos to Alison Riggs for not giving it up.

And the poetic justice?

The ruling was from a Trump appointed judge.

Eat that Donnie Two Dolls!

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