Republicans, who have made North Carolina’s judicial elections partisan and more politicized, are upset that Riggs is talking about issues that matter.
Three Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature have filed an ethics complaint against state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a former civil rights lawyer who is running for reelection. Did sheafter refusing to recuse in the case, as her colleague has repeatedly done? No. Did she, as a Republican justice did,whose stock she owns? No. Her alleged offense was talking about reproductive rights on the campaign trail and calling out her opponent for declaring that “life begins at conception.
But Republicans may have a different goal in mind with Riggs. They might be hoping that this unfounded ethics investigation will make it harder for her to keep her seat in the ongoing election. The Republican-aligned Carolina JournalRepublicans, who have made North Carolina’s judicial elections partisan and more politicized, are upset that Riggs is talking about issues that matter to voters.
The first step was Newby firing the former head of the JSC, because she had reminded judges that under ethics rules, they’re notLawmakers also reshaped the JSC in its budget last year, giving themselves and Newby more control. This new JSC will be in charge of investigating the complaint against Riggs. “I fear that this new structure for the Judicial Standards Commission could be used tothat the North Carolina Supreme Court refused to act and let the Republican judges off the hook.
Riggs hasn’t hesitated to call out her colleagues’ conflicts of interest. In February, the GOP justices voted to let Justice Phil Berger Jr.in a lawsuit involving school funding and a big budget surplus, which has been a campaign issue for state Sen. Phil Berger Sr. Riggs dissented: “Put bluntly, a son’s vote to deliver his father a campaign ‘win’ in an election year substantially affects the latter’s personal and financial interests.
After the election, lawmakers could try to follow through on their implicit threat of impeaching Riggs. This would be a dastardly, hypocritical move that Republicans will pull only if they think they can get away with it. But North Carolina voters have in the recent pastin 2016 and 2018. They also spoke out in favor of Earls last year. And they can help keep a champion of democracy like Riggs in
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