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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman is urging a federal court to dismiss N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s lawsuit challenging a state criminal libel law. Freeman argues in new court paperwork that Stein’s suit is moot.
Almost a month after securing a legal victory at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is asking a federal trial court to rule a state criminal libel law unconstitutional. Stein’s lawyers filed a motion Thursday for summary judgment in his lawsuit challenging the criminal libel law.
All but three of DC’s historic districts are majority white, and analysis of Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park suggests that historic district designation may be contributing to the displacement of Black residents from those neighborhoods.
The potential prosecution of N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein on misdemeanor criminal libel charges linked to the 2020 election campaign is over. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman delivered that news Thursday afternoon.
A federal Appeals Court has ruled in favor of N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein in his challenge of a state criminal libel law dating back to 1931. The unanimous panel agreed Stein is likely to win his argument that the law is unconstitutional.