In January of this year, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls spoke glowingly of her work on the state’s Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice. Along with Attorney General Josh Stein, Earls is the co-chair of the task force, created in the summer of 2020 by Gov. Roy Cooper. According to the task...
As a public policy organization, the John Locke Foundation polls, examines and opines on political races as a means to an end. The end being sound public policy that encourages responsible citizens, strong families, and successful communities committed to individual liberty and limited, constitutional government. No one person nor political party has all the answers...
Moments after Cleveland County state Rep. Tim Moore was selected for a historic and record-setting fifth term as speaker, the Kings Mountain Republican made it clear that if North Carolina legislative Democrats and Gov. Roy Cooper want to obstruct the Republican majority, it will be tough sledding. In the Senate, Republicans have exactly the 30...
On the first day of 2023, Republicans officially took over majority control of North Carolina's highest court.
Ruth Parker spent decades as a social worker in the triad region serving North Carolina’s most vulnerable children. Now retired in Davidson County, Ruth still has one final mission when it comes to children. Finding her own.
Here are the Woodshed quick takes immediately following the oral arguments. In-depth coverage from Carolina Journal will follow. This post will also be updated. A coalition of Republican-appointed justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be coalescing around a middle ground that would find in favor of the North Carolina General Assembly in Moore v....
One of South Carolina's early governors – and one of the nation's most controversial founding fathers – is taking center stage in a critical U.S. Supreme Court case this week that could fundamentally alter the control of federal congressional elections.
National Guard will seek the GOP nomination for State Supreme Court in 2024.
Voters across North Carolina turned to Republican candidates in races where crime was the top issue in the race.
The North Carolina Democratic Party is not “asking for the union label” but seeking to avoid its own unionized workers in the final hours of the 2022 campaign, in direct conflict with the state party’s own stated principles. The state Democratic Party appears to be involved in a shell game of running campaign funds through...
U.S. Senate and State Supreme Court Races Ok folks. I have written about 75 articles and columns about the 2022 election. Here is my last before the results come in. Below are the long-awaited 2022 Woodshed election predictions. (Click here for what I will be watching on election night) U.S. Senate: Republican Ted Budd will...
