A federal appeals panel exchanged arguments Monday with lawyers over a still-unresolved November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat, immersed in jurisdictional questions over which courts should determine whether roughly 66,

Earlier in the day, Petro sought to diffuse tensions by offering his presidential plane to “facilitate the dignified ret "It'll get to the U.S. Supreme Court, and if the court follows the actual legislative intent and history,

Arguments are scheduled in the North Carolina Supreme Court in two weeks and the election for Seat 6 on its bench remains undecided. A litigation addendum to the Nov. 5 election has stopped the State Board of Elections from issuing a certificate,