Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses President Biden’s new focus on police reform. Kokai offered these comments during the Jan. 21, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
A Dec. 23 court order gives justices an incentive to explain why they will or won't participate in a controversial case.
Democrats on the state Supreme Court will not use their narrow 4-3 majority to forcibly remove two GOP justices from a critical case dealing with state constitutional amendments. In an order released without fanfare just before Christmas, the court has in essence preserved the status quo. It has preserved a…
A November ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals highlights a puzzling process for dealing with important constitutional challenges.
The N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a second-degree trespass conviction against left-wing activist the Rev. William Barber. The conviction stemmed from a 2017 protest Barber led at the state Legislative Building against Republican leaders of the General Assembly. “Defendant led a group of approximately [50] people through the…
A state senator is drawing attention to the new N.C. state budget’s measures to fight human trafficking. The budget “provides a lifeline to victims” of trafficking, according to a news release from Sen. Ted Alexander, R-Cleveland. “Human trafficking is all too prevalent in North Carolina,” Alexander said. “We have the…
A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has ruled against the former Kinston Charter Academy and its leader in a dispute involving state funding tied to inflated enrollment projections. The 6-0 ruling rejects the argument that a charter school is an “arm of the state” with protection from some forms of…
Lawyers representing the state NAACP defend N.C. Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls in their latest filing at the state’s high court. At the same time, the civil rights group repeats its call for clear standards that could lead to Republican justices’ removal from a high-profile case. “The simple truth…
The court's four Democrats and three Republicans have lined up on opposite sides in nine cases this year.
The N.C. Supreme Court has jumped into the state’s legal battle over new election maps. The high court has shut down candidate filing and delayed all state primary elections until May 17. The high court wants a trial court to rule on the merits of two ongoing redistricting lawsuits…
