Four Democrat justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court could become the “Usurper Four” if they manage to remove two of their colleagues from a case involving Constitutional Amendments that were voted on in 2018.
Gov. Roy Cooper has pulled out his veto stamp again to reject bills dealing with public school indoctrination and penalties for rioting. Cooper now has vetoed 10 bills this year and 63 bills since becoming governor in 2017. House Bill 324, Ensuring Dignity and Nondiscrimination in Schools, was designed…
A leading N.C. gun-rights group is demanding disciplinary action against a Democratic state senator from Mecklenburg County. The group claims Sen. Natasha Marcus made “false claims” during debate about a recently vetoed pistol-permit repeal bill. Grass Roots North Carolina is asking for Marcus to face a formal penalty…
The Bladen County political operative at the center of a 2018 congressional election scandal will serve six months in federal prison. McCrae Dowless learned his sentence today on charges of theft of government property and Social Security fraud. Dowless also must pay more than $8,500 in restitution as part of…
The head of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law raises serious questions about a plan to block two N.C. Supreme Court justices from hearing a case involving voter ID. “The plaintiff in this case fought the voter ID amendment and could not win when voters went to the ballot box…
A lawsuit challenging N.C. constitutional amendments for voter identification and a lower state income tax cap has been removed from today’s calendar of state Supreme Court oral arguments. As recently as Monday, the court’s website listed the case NAACP v. Moore as the first item on the docket for the…
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a high-profile bill that would have ended North Carolina’s pistol permit requirement. The governor also nixed a hotel safety bill. With his sixth and seventh vetoes of this legislative session, Cooper has now issued 60 vetoes since taking office in 2017. No other N.C. governor…
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses a Superior Court ruling that would give voting rights to all N.C. felons who have completed active prison time. King offered these comments during the Aug. 27, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
Dr. Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, discusses a three-judge panel’s ruling restoring voting rights for felons who have finished active prison sentences. Jackson offered these comments during the Aug. 25, 2021, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”…
Criminal justice reform is a bipartisan issue, a phrase lawmakers frequently use when noting the parties coming together and advancing legislation. True to form, Senate Bill 300, Criminal Justice Reform, was approved by the General Assembly with strong bipartisan support and awaits the governor’s signature. “Since coming to Raleigh…
