Justice Anita Earls Part 2: The investigation into her statements on diversity

The California Appellate Law Podcast

Justice Anita Earls of the North Carolina Supreme Court knows about some reforms that will improve our justice system. But she also knows about some that will provoke an unhappy response—including an investigation against her personally.

In this second half of our interview, Justice Earls talks about how she found herself under investigation for calling for judicial reform.

We previously asked Aliza Shatzman why the Legal Accountability Project is necessary: don’t judges police their own, we asked? The answer is: yes, but not in the way you’d hope.

Anita Earls’ wiki, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter/X feed.

Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.

Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.

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Other items discussed in the episode:

• https://www.fd.org/news/lone-black-nc-supreme-court-justice-drops-suit-over-diversity-comments-probe-dropped
• https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-justice-ethics-drops-lawsuit-24763cfa64aca0fc58e559ca4ffe5cf9
• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/us/north-carolina-supreme-court-anita-earls-bias.html
• https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146202
• https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-justice-ethics-panel-b9ce0a7b9e5ab2c7dcbed02d6c74faed
• Additionally, an interview she conducted with State Court Report and NYU Law Review: https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/conversation-justice-anita-earls-north-carolina-supreme-court
• Episode 39 with Aliza Shatzman on the Legal Accountability Project.
• Videos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal’s YouTube channel.