Gov. Roy Cooper wants the N.C. Supreme Court to declare part of the new state budget unconstitutional. In a recent court filing, the governor expanded his Cooper v. Berger lawsuit. It now includes a challenge to budget provisions targeting Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers, roughly $1 billion in block grant funding, and the use of $87 million secured from a legal settlement. Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes Cooper’s argument. The N.C. Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice presented a report this year designed to address long-term changes that would improve the state’s court system. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin established the commission. He says it offers important ideas that should help guide court policies in the years ahead. Cooper recently signed Britny’s Law. It would allow prosecutors to take a history of domestic violence into account when deciding whether to bring charges of first-degree murder in a domestic killing. During a bill-signing ceremony, Cooper explained his support for the measure. Stephen Puryear, father of the murder victim after whom the law was named, gave thanks to lawmakers and others who pushed for the change. The N.C. House voted this year against the idea of North Carolina supporting a Convention of States to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. But representatives later revived the bill and sent it to a committee. One person who has lobbied N.C. lawmakers in favor of the convention is former U.S. Sen. Jim Demint of South Carolina. DeMint is also the former president of the conservative Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation. DeMint explains why he believes the Convention of States offers the best way to help restore limited, constitutional government. As policymakers on Capitol Hill continue to struggle with government-related health care reform, one area outside of government’s focus is thriving. The multibillion-dollar telemedicine industry is thriving. Katherine Restrepo, the John Locke Foundation’s director of health care policy, explains why.