As coronavirus cases continue to rise in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced a statewide stay-at-home order during a March 27 news conference. His action was made without publicly available data and will cripple the economy, some state leaders say. The…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Grim milestone: North Carolina had its first deaths from COVID-19. A Cabarrus County resident died from complications associated…
The coronavirus is interfering with state elections, and it could make the runoff for the Republican nominee in N.C.’s 11th U.S. Congressional District problematic. Concerns about COVID-19 pushed the runoff from May 12 to June 23. Candidate Madison Cawthorn asked for the runoff after finishing second…
Ilan Wurman, visiting assistant professor at Arizona State University’s law school, discusses key themes from his book A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism. Wurman offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
Gov. Roy Cooper's decision to ignore the Council of State's input hurts our system of constitutional government.
North Carolina’s court cases are on hold due to coronavirus. Most Superior and District court cases will be paused for 30 days, with “some limited exceptions,” N.C. Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley announced. The rule goes into effect March 16. Beasley’s announcement Friday, March…
The high court's first 4-3 split of the year focuses on a State Highway Patrol trooper's prolonged traffic stop.
Carolina Journal recently broke the news that the N.C. Department of Transportation had purchased a former circus train and parked its cars in a wooded area near Spring Hope in Nash County. The CJ story stirred up interest in the transaction among lawmakers who oversee the DOT. It’s just the…
Close to half of the cases calendared in 2019 have yet to produce an opinion from the state's highest court.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour has given a local Confederate group 45 days to return Silent Sam to the University of North Carolina system. Baddour filed the order Thursday, Feb. 20. The N.C. Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans must…
