On September 25, the Fourth Circuit heard oral argument in North Carolina NAACP v McCrory, which is combined with League of Women Voters of North Carolina v State, 14-1856. Here is a story written shortly before the oral argument took place. The story mentions that all three judges are appointees of Democratic presidents: Diane G. Motz (Clinton); James Wynn (Obama); Henry Floyd (Obama).

There surely will be more stories about how the argument went in the next few hours. The issues are the restrictions on voting that the North Carolina legislature passed last year, such as cutbacks to early voting, election-day registration, and pre-registration for 17-year-olds, and other changes.

The Fourth Circuit is one of the few circuits that won’t reveal which judges are on the panel, until the day of the oral argument. In this case, the Fourth Circuit wouldn’t even release the names of the judges until noon, and the oral argument began at 1 p.m.