Before he became a household name in one of the most significant Supreme Court victories for public employees' First Amendment rights in decades, Mark Janus was warned by his worried mother about taking on powerful union forces.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 @ 5:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a previous Update, I criticized a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upholding the absurd restrictions that New York City imposes on licensed gun owners who to transport their weapons from one place to another.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President, CEO, and General Counsel Michael Farris regarding Friday’s Senate confirmation of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2017 @ 3:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor McCrory issued the following statement after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the State's motion to stay the ruling in the voter ID lawsuit
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2016 @ 10:16 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory paid respects to the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia today as his body lay in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 5:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Voters, candidates, and political partisans exchanged sharply divided views and occasional vitriol Monday in a marathon public hearing about North Carolina congressional redistricting in the wake of a federal court decision placing the scheduled March 15 primary in jeopardy
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2016 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2016 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after learning about the death of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2016 @ 4:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor McCrory's pronouncement that the proposed CSX rail hub in Selma is effectively dead is both good news and bad.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The federal government's lawsuit against North Carolina election laws could have "extraordinary ramifications for the United States," an election law expert told a Tuesday meeting of the Campbell Law School Federalist Society.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 5:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Many cheered when the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that independent redistricting commissions are Constitutional.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In 1973, we discovered — thanks to The Supreme Court — that we have a “right” to abortion. In the last week, we’ve learned that we have a “right” to subsidized health care and a “right” to same-sex marriage.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 3:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The U.S. Supreme Court today stayed a federal appeals court order that would have enjoined parts of North Carolina's new voting law regarding same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 12:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement following the 7-2 decision by U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Fourth Circuit today reinstated same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting ahead of the General Election in November.
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In Hobby Lobby, the Court ruled that the Obamacare law and its related regulations cannot compel closely held or family-owned companies from providing certain kinds of contraceptive coverage if doing so violates the owners' religious beliefs.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 11:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The US Supreme Court is acting incredibly sensible these days. One of their latest decisions, the Hobby Lobby case, offered up some protections for employers dealing with the ObamaCare atrocity being shoved down their throats.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2014 @ 9:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement following the signing of Senate Bill 574.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you thought Election Day was Nov. 6, you might want to reconsider. Depending on where you live and what office you're talking about, Election Day could be in July or May. In some places and in some races, it occurred when candidate filing ended Feb. 28.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 3:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 12:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 3:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:33 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I have to award the state elections board a split decision on their Watauga and Pasquotank county rulings yesterday.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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So, whose news reports can we believe. In time gone by, we had available a myriad of news services.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 4:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been the big news this week, with landmark 5-4 divided rulings.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In a perverse way this dereliction of journalistic duty while reprehensible is understandable because the press lapdogs of this administration do not want to admit that Obama's PC national security policies involving Muslims might have contributed to the Boston attack.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 8:41 am
By: Alicia Colon
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The General Assembly should adopt the REINS principles for North Carolina, thereby properly returning major legislative authority to elected, accountable representatives of the people.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 9:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On January 16, 2013, President Obama signed 23 Executive Orders which he claimed are aimed at reducing gun violence.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Who could possibly be against protecting women against violence? The renewal of the disingenuously-named Violence Against Women Act sailed through the Senate with 78 of 100 votes and 238 votes out of 435 (87 GOP votes) in the House.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:39 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Paleo-diet blogger Steve Cooksey is not the only one who's been censored by the North Carolina Board of Nutrition/Dietetics.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 7:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The US republic is unique. Government can pass no law or take no action unless the authority for such law or action is specifically granted in the Constitution.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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A federal judge said a Charlotte-area man advocating a Paleolithic or "caveman" diet on his blog is "unlikely to succeed" in his claim that the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition has violated his freedom of speech.
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 @ 4:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lot will happen during the next two and one half months. Almost all of it designed to confuse, throw you off track and lead you into making an emotional decision in the political races.
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 7:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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