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EVENT SPOTLIGHT
Busy Week for e Supremes
The rst full week of January was a busy one for the Supreme Court of North Carolina. February 9 marked the investiture of Associate Justice Anita Earls. Later in the week, the SCONC celebrated its 200th anniversary, which included congratulations from Governor Roy Cooper.
CHIEF JUSTICE MARK MARTIN, JUSTICE EARLS AND JOHN MCCABE AT INVESTITURE.
NEWLY-INVESTED JUSTICE ANITA
EARLS OFFERED REMARKS DURING THE JUSTICE EARLS AND LETO COPELEY AT
PROGRAM.
INVESTITURE.
JUDGE MARK DAVIS, NAN HANNAH AND JUSTICE BARBARA JACKSON AT ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
JUDGE JOHN ARROWOOD AND TOM DAVIS AT ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE PAUL NEWBY, CHIEF JUSTICE MARK MARTIN AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ROBIN HUDSON.
SECRETARY OF STATE ELAINE MARSHALL AND JUDGE TOBY HAMPSON AT ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
GOVERNOR ROY COOPER OFFERING CONGRATULATIONS ON ANNIVERSARY.
Chief Justice Beasley:
“Access to Courts
Eludes Many”
On Feb. 12, 2019 Governor Roy Cooper named Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley chief justice. In Vol. 3 No. 4, then- Justice Beasley, in honor of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, wrote: “Our courts are theoretically accessible to all, but true access eludes many. There are not enough avenues for poor people to receive civil legal assistance. There is no right to counsel in civil cases. Though the principles of ‘liberty and justice for all’ are the fabric of our justice system, for poor people, these principles often evade civil justice.”
THEN-JUSTICE BEASLEY WITH RUNNYMEDE MAYOR DEREK COTTY IN ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEALING OF THE MAGNA CARTA IN 2015.
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