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North Carolina’s unique natural-law tradition
For the past three years, the conservative legal movement in America has been split by a debate over natural law. Basically, there are two schools of thought. The first, called positivism, is embodied by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who believed that judges should be bound by the text of the law as enacted by...
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Mark Walker exits governor’s race to seek new Triad-area congressional seat
With new congressional districts having just been approved by the North Carolina General Assembly, former US representative Mark Walker will drop his bid to become the GOP nominee for governor and instead seek to reclaim his 6th District Congressional seat. “With the new congressional district maps, Kelly and I are overwhelmed with the all support...
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Districts should be more competitive
Democrats claim that North Carolina’s newly redrawn electoral districts are gerrymandered to favor Republican candidates running for congressional or legislative seats. That’s true, of course. GOP lawmakers admit as much. They argue that such partisan considerations are permitted by the federal and state constitutions. That’s also true. The US Supreme Court has ruled that no...
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Targeting pharmacy benefits would increase NC health care costs
The North Carolina General Assembly has passed a budget to fund the state government for the next two years. Alongside the drawn-out budget fight, lawmakers also considered a proposal, House Bill 246 (HB 246), that would push health care costs even higher. Increasing health-care costs for families and taxpayers while already struggling to reach consensus...
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Democrats walk out on Israel
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Public input in CON process requires greater public knowledge
A case at North Carolina's Court of Appeals focuses on the absence of public hearings in recent certificate-of-need decisions.
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NC conservatives should embrace, trust state’s improved election laws
With the completion of two key veto overrides, Republicans in the state legislature have taken important steps to improve election security and administration in North Carolina. One important reform is that state and local election boards will now be evenly balanced between the two major political parties. Never again will one political party control election...
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Equity achieved
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Republican pols split on Mark Robinson
In the latest Civitas Poll, 49% of North Carolinians likely to vote in the Republican primary say they’d pick Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to be the GOP nominee for governor in 2024. Of the remaining voters, 41% are undecided and the rest support other candidates such as State Treasurer Dale Folwell or former congressman Mark...
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Freedom is vulnerable
The Hamas attacks on Israel illustrated in one day how vulnerable freedom is. The inexplicable denial of observed depraved assault — the worst on the Jewish people since World War II — indicate a very troubling lack of understanding and leadership. There were some on the UNC Chapel Hill campus who seemed to side with those...
