Griffin is almost certainly going to appeal this. But having a Trump appointee ruling against him makes it a LOT harder to get a favorable SCOTUS ruling.
Here is the court's brief summary of the key issue: "[T]case concerns whether the federal Constitution permits a state to alter the rules of an election after the fact and apply those changes retroactively to only a select group of voters, and in so doing treat those voters differently than other similarly situated individuals. This case is also about whether a state may redefine its class of eligible voters but offer no process to those who may have been misclassified as ineligible. To this court, the answer to each of those questions is "no." For that reason, and those that follow, the court finds that effectuation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court's orders would violate the equal protection and substantive due process rights of overseas military and civilian voters. "
Judge is a Trump appointee, which should hopefully give this a bit more resilience. Less likely that a conservative judge will reverse it on ideological grounds.
Victory in NC. Fed court orders that Riggs is the winner in NC Sct race https://x.com/bryanranderson/status/1919525497827893583?s=61&t=5copDbz1aPl7ASsRCUclLg
Link for those who prefer Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bryanranderson.bsky.social/post/3lohhgoifjk23
Griffin is almost certainly going to appeal this. But having a Trump appointee ruling against him makes it a LOT harder to get a favorable SCOTUS ruling.
I think it’s pretty much dead at SCOTUS. I do not see any way Roberts or Barrett will be on Griffin’s side, and doubt Kavanaugh will be either.
If it was a Dem judge we’d have a lot less certainty on how they’d rule.
For those who would like to read (or skim) the opinion: https://ncnewsline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Myers-Riggs-Griffin-ruling.pdf
Here is the court's brief summary of the key issue: "[T]case concerns whether the federal Constitution permits a state to alter the rules of an election after the fact and apply those changes retroactively to only a select group of voters, and in so doing treat those voters differently than other similarly situated individuals. This case is also about whether a state may redefine its class of eligible voters but offer no process to those who may have been misclassified as ineligible. To this court, the answer to each of those questions is "no." For that reason, and those that follow, the court finds that effectuation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court's orders would violate the equal protection and substantive due process rights of overseas military and civilian voters. "
The ruling is also on Democracy Docket too.
Bush v. Gore rides again.
Judge is a Trump appointee, which should hopefully give this a bit more resilience. Less likely that a conservative judge will reverse it on ideological grounds.