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BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs (D) was finally sworn in TODAY! (Original Post) In It to Win It May 2025 OP
GOOD! Bettie May 2025 #1
Eat shit Fox and Trump! Initech May 2025 #2
Kudos to North Carolina Democrats!!! bucolic_frolic May 2025 #3
And Marc Elias and Company too! wolfie001 May 2025 #10
Jfc. Long overdue! SheltieLover May 2025 #4
Klanner heads will be exploding all over the place Warpy May 2025 #5
Finally! rurallib May 2025 #6
Yay wendyb-NC May 2025 #7
Yay! Buddyzbuddy May 2025 #8
So happy for her!!! wolfie001 May 2025 #9
And so happy for North Carolina. soldierant May 2025 #23
NC Dems are stalwart as well!!! wolfie001 May 2025 #24
Took 6 months longer than it should have Wiz Imp May 2025 #11
FINALLY !!! liberalla May 2025 #12
hotdiggety dog. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #13
Bout time! iluvtennis May 2025 #14
Fantastic! gademocrat7 May 2025 #15
It's a sin what she and NC residents had to go through for her to get sworn in. Disgusting. themaguffin May 2025 #16
A sin and a harbinger. I hope people are paying attention. ❤️ littlemissmartypants May 2025 #18
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!! OldBaldy1701E May 2025 #25
... littlemissmartypants May 2025 #17
YAY!!! LovelyStuff May 2025 #19
Great news! BadgerMom May 2025 #20
the house in NC Tickle May 2025 #21
Hooray!! All the best Justice Riggs!! Fla Dem May 2025 #22
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #26
So what? A Pyrrhic victory where GOP 5 - 2 NC justices jimmy the one May 2025 #27
Status quo is the best option in this scenario. In It to Win It May 2025 #28
Correction: ANTI abortion repub candidate for governor, in previous post, not pro jimmy the one May 2025 #29

wolfie001

(7,075 posts)
10. And Marc Elias and Company too!
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:08 PM
May 2025

I believe he was working/assisting with this one as well. He gets his hands into everything! Brilliant fighter! 🔵

Warpy

(114,381 posts)
5. Klanner heads will be exploding all over the place
Tue May 13, 2025, 01:23 PM
May 2025

I'm delighted for Justice Riggs and for all the people who had the good sense to vote for her.

I'm smugly delighted that a cousin of mine who moved there years ago is one of those with an exploding head. He married a fundagelical and together they've been GOP movers and shakers in the NC city they live in. I never liked him when we were kids, so I'm happy to imagine his extreme displeasure at this. Good.

So thanks for the visuals, Justice Riggs, and I hope you will have a long and illustrious tenure on the NCSC bench and that you will be joined by other sensibly patriotic Justices who have also read and are willing to uphold the constitutions of both the US and NC.

wolfie001

(7,075 posts)
9. So happy for her!!!
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:05 PM
May 2025

So brave! Stalwart! I hope she's safe from the RW religious psychos. Kooks and racists every one of 'em! You know, republicans.

soldierant

(9,281 posts)
23. And so happy for North Carolina.
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:03 PM
May 2025

While in the Marine Corps (many years ago) I was stationed ln North Carolina and after all this time I still have fond memories. (It eeven had a Democratic governor then.)

Wiz Imp

(8,906 posts)
11. Took 6 months longer than it should have
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:11 PM
May 2025

but as expected, no matter how hard the tried, the Republicans were ultimately unsuccessful in trying to steal this seat.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,149 posts)
25. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!
Wed May 14, 2025, 06:12 AM
May 2025

Sorry, the thought that my home state, given its current history, would notice anything other than the fact that the 'libs won and we need to make sure she suffers!' is funny to me.

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
21. the house in NC
Tue May 13, 2025, 04:21 PM
May 2025

voted for convention of states. I think this is number 20 out of 50 states

jimmy the one

(2,777 posts)
27. So what? A Pyrrhic victory where GOP 5 - 2 NC justices
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:20 PM
May 2025

Wonderful Allison Riggs won but it simply maintened the status quo ante of a 5 to 2 republican majority in the North Carolina Supreme Court. And we know how that rolls, may as well preach in a desert, Allison.
As well, the republican house has either a veto proof majority or one shy, meaning, go preach in that North Carolina desert, dems.
The shining spot is the democratic North Carolina governor, defeated that weirdly pro abortion candidate handily - you know: (you want abortion) "cause you couldn't keep your skirts down",
Yeah that guy on major nightly news, lucky he did not withdraw or it would be a total right wing desert. Winning governorship next cycle will not be so easy.
I would not live in North Carolina for anything.

In It to Win It

(12,300 posts)
28. Status quo is the best option in this scenario.
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:27 PM
May 2025

To have the best shot flipping the court at the earliest opportunity, which is 2028, keeping this seat is a good start.

jimmy the one

(2,777 posts)
29. Correction: ANTI abortion repub candidate for governor, in previous post, not pro
Fri May 16, 2025, 01:27 PM
May 2025

Editing is hiding from me on my iPad, or I would've edited my previous post about Allisons Supreme Court win.

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