If we look back on our grade school education, we remember being taught the very fundamentals of what went on at the Constitutional Convention.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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There are many people who overlook the brilliance of the US Constitution. They argue that it is outdated and unfit to adequately govern such a modern nation as ours in the 21st century.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:30 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Accomplishments recognized in the award include adopting a resolution on institutional neutrality, adopting the Chicago Principles, prohibiting compelled speech and establishing the UNC School of Civic Life and Leadership.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 7:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Happiness through religious and moral teachings
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2023 @ 7:34 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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“I think we really need a revival in this country.”
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 5:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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The firebrand conservative congresswoman discussed her views at her office.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 9:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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In a dramatic ruling issued just days before midterm elections, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling and ordered the transfer of millions of dollars to pay for a school improvement plan designed to ensure North Carolina’s school children receive a sound basic education
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I’m a long-time activist. I started a Tea Party group in 2009 in my area of North Carolina and have been running it ever since.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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BP arrest breaking all records since 1925
Published: Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 @ 7:48 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Illegal invaders flood country
Published: Monday, September 27th, 2021 @ 4:31 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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In 2020, North Carolina Republicans and Democrats took their respective cases to the public.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 10:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Those writing checks to the Beaufort County Government got the same disrespectful handling this year we got last year.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:41 am
By: Hood Richardson
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The term "birthright citizenship" refers to the idea that you can become a citizen of a country simply by being born there.
Published: Friday, November 23rd, 2018 @ 10:59 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A three-judge federal panel has again ruled against North Carolina's congressional election map
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2018 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Perhaps it's fitting that the phrase "personnel is policy" came to mind when a noted conservative professor from Princeton spoke Friday to the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 4:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I've written before about two N.C. redistricting cases - Harris v. McCrory and Covington v. North Carolina - both from the U.S. District Court for North Carolina's Middle District
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do state politicians have principles? To some cynical academics and activists, the only way this question can have an affirmative answer is to define the term the way comedian Groucho Marx famously did: "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others."
Published: Monday, June 13th, 2016 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to economic growth, North Carolina is one of the Magnificent Seven
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An amendment to replace the States' influence in the federal government since the 17th Amendment was adopted.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Since the 1960s, the academic history profession has changed markedly. Traditional fields such as military history, diplomatic history, intellectual history, religious history, and political history have been deemphasized, when not completely eliminated.
Published: Sunday, June 28th, 2015 @ 6:35 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. "I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse," wrote James Madison, "and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other." His mentor and friend...
Published: Friday, September 26th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, that didn’t take long. Mother Jones, the vanguard of leftist journalism, has jumped into the fray with an insinuation that Thom Tillis is a racist.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: Brant Clifton
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One of my all-time favorite HBO series is ROME, starring Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 @ 1:18 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Republicanism is a term for beliefs that have defined the American political experiment. In particular, republicanism stems from a form a government where the people are sovereign. In such a government, virtuous and autonomous citizens must exercise self-control for the common good.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One recent Tuesday was Constitution Day - September 17. It marks the day that the Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 concluded and the final draft of Constitution was signed by the delegates who attended.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Indeed, even in our state of North Carolina, where the first solidly Republican government in over 100 years won monumental victories, such as the end of tenure in K-12 education and major changes to the tax code, there was almost no reform for higher education.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2013 @ 6:26 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Beaufort County Commissioners request that the United States Congress pass a budget after 4 years of their constitutional neglect.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 2:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The government has no legitimate powers that were not initially granted to it under the Constitution.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2013 @ 11:52 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It is hardly surprising Republicans in Raleigh have been busy over the past few months. This is the first time in over a century the party has controlled...
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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