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A file photo of Justice Richard Dietz, left. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Last Thursday, the N.C. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have reverberations for the 2024 election season as justices try to decide what constitutes defamation in election fraud claims.  […]

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.

Anne Blythe, a former reporter for The News & Observer, has reported on courts, criminal justice, and an array of topics in North Carolina for more than three decades.