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Let's be frank ... a lot of us have been leery of Facebook and its cabal of programmers, administrators, promoters, fact-checkers, and even its creator, and many have even walked away from the liberal platform.
Published: Saturday, November 27th, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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NC's disorganized and confusing criminal code creates havoc for some people encountering the system
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 6:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Let's be frank.... a lot of us have been leery of Facebook and its cabal of programmers, administrators, promoters, fact-checkers, and even its creator, and many have even walked away from the liberal platform.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2021 @ 12:42 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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One thing about the administrative state in North Carolina is that it carries on regardless of the party in power.
Published: Monday, September 30th, 2019 @ 8:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans made many changes when they came into the majority of the General Assembly, but one of their most important is one of the least known.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo accidentally self-reported a serious federal violation
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 9:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last month, I wrote about Session Law 2018-69: An Act to Assist the Criminal Law Recodification Working Group, which had just been unanimously approved by both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Cooper.
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 8:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week I quoted glowing endorsements of Supreme Court nominee Judge Kavanaugh by seven legal experts from across the ideological spectrum
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 4:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, I was thrilled
Published: Thursday, September 6th, 2018 @ 1:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the N.C. Senate Judiciary Committee today, Andy Wells (R-42) introduced an important and valuable piece of legislation in the form a proposed committee substitute for House Bill 379
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly reconvenes Friday for another special session, primarily designated for redistricting business
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 1:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 4:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 10:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has a serious problem. Adopting a default mens rea provision would go a long way to solving it.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2016 @ 7:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Apart from its compliance costs (which can be massive) and opportunity costs (which can be unfathomable), another cost of overregulation can be difficult in a different way to quantify: overcriminalization.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A nationally recognized criminal justice reformer is confident North Carolina eventually will overturn a state law allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to be charged as adults, but acknowledges political resistance to the proposal remains.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most of us consider ourselves to be law-abiding citizens, but can we really be sure we aren't breaking some law - somewhere, sometime - during our normal daily activities
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2015 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"'It was a nightmare': Man warns NC homeowners about little-known land rule," blared a headline from WRAL this week. Here is a snippet from the story...
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because of tax reform, less burdensome regulations, and a general spirit of optimism, you have confidence that North Carolina is on the right track and this is the place to invest and start a business. You leap into the world of entrepreneurship. But you fail to file a required form on time and...
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The truth is that both George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin had a right to be where they were that night, February 26, at the Retreat of Twin Lakes gated community in Sanford, Florida.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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