Our independent courts are under attack. Help fight back.

North Carolinians Want Fair Courts

Citizens Alert!

North Carolinians Deserve State Courts And Judges That Are Fair, Impartial, And Independent.

But that’s not what is happening!

Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby and legislative leaders in Raleigh are conspiring to politicize our state courts, eliminate judicial independence, and turn judges into rubber stamps for their power grabs. There has been a systematic, decades-long campaign to diminish our state courts’ Constitutional role as a check on legislative power. We are now at a dangerous turning point that is putting our democracy and our fundamental rights at risk.

This Is Wrong.

State Courts Are Crucial

Fair and Independent Courts are central to checking overreaching politicians, and for protecting our democracy and personal freedoms.

State courts – especially the North Carolina Supreme Court – are often the final deciders on crucial issues that impact our everyday lives, such as voting rights, fair elections, public education, and civil liberties. And in an increasingly partisan world, our courts must be free of political pressure and party loyalty.

North Carolinians understand the power of the courts, especially when it comes to ensuring free and fair elections. That is why Fair Courts NC is here – for North Carolinians of all backgrounds to demand that our judicial system be free of politics and judges are able to rule impartially.

We Can Change This

With three simple reforms:

  • Stop forcing state judges to be partisan. Judges should be able to run for election as independents by lower ballot access thresholds or better still let’s make judicial elections nonpartisan again.

  • Ban judges from partisan political activity – like endorsing and fundraising for other candidates – when they are not on the ballot.

  • Establish clear ethics rules that ban judges from ruling on cases involving their friends and family members.


Join the fight to keep our courts fair, impartial, and independent.

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