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Justice’s questions could pave way for new NC deference standard
A fired Winston-Salem State University professor relied on comments from state Supreme Court Justice Richard Dietz when appealing to the state's highest court.
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State Supreme Court rejects case of fired WSSU football coach
The state Supreme Court will not review the 2019 firing of Winston-Salem State University’s head football coach. Kienus Boulware had argued that the university failed to follow proper procedure when it dismissed him.
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Fired WSSU football coach urges NC Supreme Court to take his case
Former Winston-Salem State University football coach Kienus Boulware hopes North Carolina’s highest court will take up the lawsuit challenging his 2019 dismissal. Boulware argues that the university failed to apply the law properly when firing him.
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Appellate judges uphold firing of Winston-Salem State football coach
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has upheld the 2019 firing of Winston-Salem State University football coach Kienus Boulware. The coach had argued that WSSU had failed to follow proper procedure when dismissing him from the job.
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Fired professor urges NC Supreme Court to address ‘deference’ dispute
The latest legal filing from a fired Winston-Salem State University professor urges the N.C. Supreme Court to take his case and tackle the issue of “administrative deference.” It’s the same issue the John Locke Foundation emphasized in a brief supporting professor Alvin Mitchell’s case.
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UNC urges NC Supreme Court to reject fired Winston-Salem State professor’s latest appeal
The University of North Carolina System is asking the state’s highest court to dismiss the latest appeal from a fired Winston-Salem State University professor. The John Locke Foundation urged the N.C. Supreme Court earlier this month to hear the professor’s arguments.
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Locke urges NC Supreme Court to take up fired Winston-Salem State professor’s case
The John Locke Foundation hopes North Carolina’s highest court will take up the case of a fired Winston-Salem State University professor. The case could help the court address an important legal issue called "administrative deference doctrine."
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State makes ‘significant’ investment in UNC system schools
“Transformative and generous.” That’s the praise heaped on the new state budget from supporters of the University of North Carolina System. With college admissions decisions coming over the next few weeks, many students are wondering what their first-pick schools are allotted in the 2021 Appropriations Act. The budget plan was written and passed by the...
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N.C. college professor who left China raises alarm over woke politics
Lei Zhang says he moved from his home country for a reason, and it wasn’t a trivial one. Lei was born in China in 1966. It’s a historically significant year because it marks the beginning of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong’s notorious Cultural Revolution, a campaign to reinvigorate the Chinese people’s communist spirit after...
