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History helps place Moore v. Harper dispute in context
One of America's leading historians highlights founding-era concerns about judges playing politics.
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Exposure to Daylight
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Economic freedom is a shock absorber
In a normal market, creditors demand higher interest from borrowers to whom they lend money for longer periods of time. That’s because these creditors are assuming more risk that they won’t be paid, and because a dollar of interest received tomorrow is usually more valuable than a dollar of interest received years from now. What...
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Getting sheriffs to obey the law
What does one do about a sheriff who refuses to obey the law? Answer: Sue him as many times as it takes. Although North Carolina pistol purchase permits (PPPs) and concealed handgun permits (CHPs) are being issued on a timely basis in ninety-eight counties, two urban sheriffs insist on flouting the law. Because it’s illegal...
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S.C. founding father at center of U.S. Supreme Court election case
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.
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Bidenflation Diet
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The NIMBYs come for North Carolina
For the better part of the past decade, residents have been fleeing high-cost, highly regulated cities like New York and San Francisco for more affordable urban areas like Charlotte and Raleigh, thus helping to fuel North Carolina’s impressive economic growth. But if “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) activists have their way, stricter building regulations — and thus...
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Should North Carolina expand Medicaid next year?
Rather than consider Medicaid expansion during the lame duck session, Republican leadership in North Carolina has decided to take up the issue in the new General Assembly next year. Their best option in 2023 would be to reject the expansion while adopting two other reforms that were in this year’s house bill. A bill introduced this session proposed both...
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Real Gun
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Green Energy
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On polls, Hispanics, and the suburbs
In much of the country, the Republican Party fell well short of expectations in the 2022 midterms. Flawed GOP nominees in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, and Arizona lost winnable races for U.S. Senate, thus consigning their party to another two years in the minority. Democrats lost their U.S. House majority but only by a sliver...
