Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. Earlier this month, Judge Jefferson ...

Chuck LIddy File photo Earlier this month, Judge Jefferson Griffin filed a brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court arguing that more than 60,000 lawfully cast ballots from the November ...

Protesters took to the streets in Carteret County to let Griffin know that they are concerned. “We’re out here today because we are very concerned about the direction that Judge Griffin has ...

In the early hours of Nov. 6, 2024, Democratic Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs and Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin were locked in a close race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court.

Since Democrat Allison Riggs won reelection to the state's highest court last year by 734 votes, Griffin, now a Republican judge on the state's Court of Appeals, has repeatedly tried to nullify ...

The state elections board declined to order a full hand recount given the boost for Riggs, but Griffin, a state appeals court judge, refused to concede, having challenged the validity of 60,000 ...

Two senior Iranian Supreme Court judges involved in handling espionage and terrorism cases were shot dead in the capital Tehran on Saturday, Iran's judiciary said. It said the attacker killed ...

But Griffin's protest only covers ballots drawn from four heavily Democratic counties. Griffin, a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, is seeking to unseat Democratic Justice Allison ...

Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. "Three judges of the Supreme Court were targeted. Two of them were martyred ...