Source: Mark Binker, WRAL, 11/18/16

Top North Carolina lawmakers insist they have no plans to expand the state's Supreme Court by two seats in an effort to reclaim a majority for conservative justices, never mind a drumbeat of speculation around Raleigh and beyond. 
"We have never really talked about it at all," said Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, the House Rules Committee chairman. "There has been no talk that I'm aware of among leadership about doing that." 

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