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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Free speech is overwhelmingly popular in courtrooms around the United States, but the jury of public opinion doesn't support First Amendment rights, a conservative litigator and legal writer says
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The unemployment rate among those with a high school education is 3.9 percent.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 9:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The United States is a constitutional republic. It is not a democracy, as most people believe.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 8:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina universities have drastically improved First Amendment protections since 2010, a new report says
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 @ 5:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cicero was a famous lawyer, philosopher, and most importantly and significantly, a Roman senator during Pompey Magnus' and then Julius Caesar's rule.
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 5:43 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Friday, the British police arrested Tommy Robinson, founder and former leader of the English Defence League, a far-right anti-Islam group
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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We've all heard of the case of the Christian cake artist who declined to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his deeply-held belief in the Biblical view of marriage.
Published: Friday, May 18th, 2018 @ 4:19 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Freedom of the press and the freedom to operate in a free and open market is critical to maintaining the ideals of liberty and democracy
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 12:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Faculty leaders at the University of North Carolina's flagship campus recently signed a resolution supporting First Amendment rights
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2018 @ 4:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I’ve written previously about the wonderful symposium called “Heller After Ten Years” that took place at Campbell Law School earlier this month
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, The New York Times once again revealed the ultimate agenda of gun control proponents in the United States: a full-scale gun grab. The charge was led on the op-ed page by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who thankfully no longer wields power in the judiciary.
Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2018 @ 12:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Tuesday, The New York Times once again revealed the ultimate agenda of gun control proponents in the United States: a full-scale gun grab
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 6:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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When it comes to government, nothing represents its painful intrusions on individual's lives more than taxes. That is something Republican candidate for N.C. House District 79 Keith Kidwell understands intimately.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 11:15 pm
By: Jeff Moore
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Isn't "modern conservatism" a contradiction in terms? That's one of the questions I received after teaching a seminar at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy entitled "Modern Conservatism and Policy."
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2018 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm honored to be joined by Prime Minister Löfven of Sweden at our first meeting in the White House.
Published: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 @ 10:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Campus free speech - a major topic of conversation in North Carolina - has federal lawmakers talking
Published: Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thank you Wolfgang. You and your entire team have done a wonderful job organizing this important conference
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 1:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This article discusses the English roots of our American liberty.
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 @ 12:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Frederick Douglass: Passionate Defender of Freedom and Individual Rights
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2018 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each unconstitutional act usurps the powers delegated or reserved to the People and the States. Nature's Law supersedes man's law. Every failure to resist the tyranny posed by an unconstitutional act tightens the noose around freedom's neck.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Good afternoon. The President - a couple of updates here before we get started. The President has been briefed on the shooting at Marshall County High School in Kentucky
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Earning a scholarship to a college or university - whether that scholarship is academic or athletic - is quite the accomplishment, both for the student and the respective family
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2018 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal three-judge panel has struck down North Carolina’s latest congressional election map. The judges accepted critics’ argument that the map was overly partisan in favoring Republicans.
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is a national front-runner in protecting campus speech
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 2:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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