BREAKING: Federal judge says the win for Justice Riggs, a Democrat, is to be certified in the NC Supreme Court election

[In It to Win It]

It’s not over, but Griffin definitely wanted a win here. This was his best bet. If he couldn’t get Myers, his chances are looking vanishingly slim.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-05-05T23:24:23.221Z

Chris Geidner
‪@chrisgeidner.bsky.social‬

BREAKING: Judge Richard Myers rules that the N.C. Supreme Court's handling of the state supreme court election violated the U.S. Constitution.

The win for Justice Riggs, a Democrat, is to be certified.

Today's ruling stayed for 7 days for Judge Griffin, a Republican, to appeal "if he so chooses."

Here's the 68-page opinion from Myers, a Trump appointee: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nced.214953/gov.uscourts.nced.214953.125.0.pdf

Here's the final judgment: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nced.214953/gov.uscourts.nced.214953.126.0.pdf

Next steps if Griffin wants to keep going would be an appeal to the Fourth Circuit, then en banc there, or to the U.S. Supreme Court.

It’s not over, but Griffin definitely wanted a win here. This was his best bet. If he couldn’t get Myers, his chances are looking

[cilla4progress]

1. Thank goddess!

Excellent work, justice system!

[Liberal In Texas]

2. If the past is any indication, they're not giving up and will appeal as far as they can.

No doubt SCOTUS.

[In It to Win It]

4. I'm sure they will.

[UTUSN]

3. K&R

[BComplex]

5. It is about time! This was a republican ruse from the first minute. The asshole lost, but he thought

he could pull just the right strings to disenfranchise all the military and out of country votes.

Just another crooked republican trying to mock our democracy.