John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” discusses pushback against mask mandates and other N.C. government restrictions linked to COVID-19. Contact Amy at [email protected] Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
Elections officials in North Carolina will count absentee ballots mailed in by Nov. 12, nine days after Election Day. The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5-3 vote, refused Republican legislative leaders’ request to enforce a state law setting the ballot deadline at Nov. 6. Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice…
Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, discusses the potential impact of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Guze offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Decisions handed down in 2020 highlight Cheri Beasley's and Paul Newby's contrasting approaches.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon whether N.C. election officials count absentee ballots received by mail between Nov. 7 and Nov. 12. Two sets of plaintiffs filed paperwork Sunday, Oct. 25, arguing for the high court to block those ballots from being counted. The plaintiffs are seeking an emergency…
A Houston-based group that focuses on election integrity is throwing its support to N.C. legislators in a dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court. True the Vote filed paperwork Friday to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in Wise v. Circosta, one of two cases submitted by emergency appeal to U.S.
Lawyers on both sides of North Carolina’s absentee-ballot legal dispute could spend much of their weekend working. Filings in the case are due to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts by 3 p.m. Saturday. In a pair of similar cases, Republican state legislative leaders, President Trump’s re-election campaign, the Republican National…
Gov. Roy Cooper is setting the stage to have even stronger powers if he chooses to impose new COVID-19 rules, a legal scholar tells Carolina Journal. Cooper’s administration is asking local leaders to restrict restaurants, close bars, and fine businesses for failing to enforce…
Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court revives an important constitutional debate.
Federal taxpayers cannot afford another bailout of state and local governments. Joseph Coletti, the John Locke Foundation’s senior fellow, explains why in a column he co-wrote for TheHill.com. Coletti contends most state governments have fared better than expected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throwing more money at them now would lead…
