“Mix of Democrats and Republican judges to hear challenges to NC special session laws”

News and Observer:

The case challenging the law that would do away with the state Board of Elections as it stands today and merge it with the state Ethics Commission was assigned to the following panel:

Jesse Caldwell, a Democrat and Gaston County judge who has been on the bench since 1993.

Logan Todd Burke, a Forsyth County judge and a Democrat who first was appointed to the bench in 1994 by then Gov. James B. Hunt.

Jeff Foster, a Republican from Pitt County who was appointed to the bench by McCrory last year almost nine months before being elected to a full eight-year term.

Both panels are scheduled to hold hearings this week in cases that could test the laws adopted by the legislature in one of their special sessions last month.

The three-judge panels will preside over the cases because the challenges, in part, include constitutional questions.

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