NCGA in court

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4	voter ID	2013	Required voters to have photo ID, eliminated same-day registration and shortened the early voting period	4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	2016	Ruled the law unconstitutionally discriminates against African Americans, overturning U.S. District Court ruling. A state case is pending in Wake County Superior Court.
5	abortion ultrasounds	2011	Required physicians performing abortions to do an ultrasound at least 4 hours before an abortion and describe the images	4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	2014	Ruled the law requires doctors to deliver politically motivated communications to a patient even over the patient's objection, upholding U.S. District Court. U.S. Supreme Court declined review.
6	preschool cap	2011	Capped enrollment in a program providing pre-kindergarten to low-income 4-year-olds	N.C. Court of Appeals	2012	Ruled denying access to poor children violated a previous state commitment, upholding a Wake County Superior Court decision
7	retention elections	2015	Established that incumbent N.C. Supreme Court candidates run to retain their seats before facing challengers	N.C. Supreme Court	2016	Split 3 to 3, allowing a ruling by a panel of Superior Court judges to stand that the change would require a state constitutional amendment
8	congressional districts	2011	Redrew NC's 13 congressional districts	Federal panel: A 4th circuit judge and two district judges	2016	Declared two districts unconstitutional racial gerrymanders; the N.C. Supreme Court had approved the districts	Lawmakers responded by drawing a new district map, which is now being challenged as a partisan gerrymander
9	state House and Senate districts	2011	Redrew NC's 170 state legislative districts	Federal panel: A 4th circuit judge and two district judges	2016	Declared 28 districts unconstitutional racial gerrymanders; the N.C. Supreme Court had approved the districts
10	Wake school board districts	2013	Redrew Wake County's nine school board districts, creating regional districts covering about half the county	4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	2016	Ruled the maps violated “one person, one vote” principles in the U.S. Constitution and gave unfair advantages to voters in suburban districts
11	Wake county commissioner districts	2015	Redrew Wake County's county commissioner districts to match the school board districts	4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	2016	Ruled the maps violated “one person, one vote” principles in the U.S. Constitution and gave unfair advantages to voters in suburban districts
12	teacher tenure	2013	Phased out job protections for teachers who had already earned them	N.C. Supreme Court	2016	Ruled the change violated the contracts clause of the U.S. Constitution. The state still can withhold employment protections from teachers hired since the law passed.
13	annexation	2011	Made involuntary annexations possible only if most affected landowners agreed	Wake County Superior Court	2012	Ruled election process violated the NC constitution because it allowed only property owners to cast ballots	The legislature responded by allowing a referendum requiring a simple majority vote
14	same-sex marriage	2012	Sent a constitutional amendment to the voters to limit marriage to a man and a woman; voters approved	U.S. District Court	2014	Ruled the law violated 14th Amendment rights of equal protection under law, after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not review marriage rulings in five states
15	Planned Parenthood cuts	2011	Cut off funding to a Planned Parenthood affiliate	U.S. District Court	2011	Ruled NC must honor its contract with the affiliate pending the outcome of the lawsuit the organization filed
16	coal ash panel	2014	Created the Coal Ash Management Commission and two other commissions	N.C. Supreme Court	2016	Ruled the governor, not the legislature, has the authority to create an executive branch commission
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19	school vouchers	2013	Provides as much as $4,200 a year in vouchers for low-income families wanting to send their kids to private schools	N.C. Supreme Court	2015	Upheld the vouchers, overturning a Superior Court judge
20	Choose Life license plates	2011	Allows the state to issue license plates that read "Choose Life"	4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	2016	Originally ruled it unconstitutional to issue the plates and reject an an abortion rights plate, but reversed after Supreme Court ordered reconsideration in light of a ruling in a Texas case.
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23	Greensboro city council districts	2015	Redrew districts for Greensboro city council		-	A trial is scheduled for 2017 after a U.S. District Court injunction kept the districts from taking effect in the 2015 election.
24	magistrate recusal	2015	Allows magistrates to refuse to marry same-sex couples, passing the duties to a different magistrate		-	A U.S. District Court judge is considering whether to let a lawsuit continue.
25	transgender bathrooms	2016	Prevents local anti-discrimination laws stricter than state law; directs who should use which bathrooms in government facilities		-	A U.S. District Court judge is considering whether to halt the law while legal cases are pending.
26	workplace conditions	2015	Allows employers to sue anyone who intentionally is hired to publicize unsafe or inhumane conditions or to steal records		-	A lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court.
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