State Court of Appeals should make quick work of Judge Jefferson Griffin’s meritless request

NC Newsline

It’s now been four-and-a-half months since incumbent Democratic Supreme Court Justice Alison Riggs narrowly defeated her Republican challenger, Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, in the 2024 election.

Judge Jefferson Griffin (Photo: State Court of Appeals)

Unfortunately, Griffin refuses to concede and instead continues to advance several widely discredited legal theories in hopes of tossing out the ballots of more than 60,000 registered voters and reversing the election result.

In February, a Wake County Superior Court judge quickly dismissed Griffin’s challenge as meritless, but Griffin refuses to acknowledge reality. And so, the maddening drama continues.

Earlier this week, more than 200 former North Carolina justices, judges, and attorneys sent a letter to Griffin, calling on him to drop his lawsuit and concede the election.

The bottom line: One prays the letter works, but if it doesn’t, let’s hope the panel of Court of Appeals judges scheduled to hear Griffin’s appeal, make quick work of their colleague’s bogus effort to overturn the election and that, at long last, it settles the matter once and for all.

For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.