Modifications to the program were criticized as “mission creep” by one Republican lawmaker.
“Currently, there's no pathway for them to get a limited driving privilege. They cannot drive at all legally. So essentially, a lot of these folks, especially in rural areas where there's no public transit, are driving anyway,” said Sen. Danny Britt, R-Robeson.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up cases from North Carolina dealing with drunk-driving prosecutions and an out-of-state sales tax dispute. The court issued orders Tuesday morning denying requests to hear the cases next fall.
The U.S. Supreme Court will review two cases next month with N.C. ties. Either case could return the Tar Heel State to national headlines when the nation’s highest court starts its next term in the fall. Justices have set June 15 as the date to consider whether to take up Quad Graphics v. N.C. Department of Revenue and Diaz-Tomas v. North Carolina.
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide soon whether to take N.C. cases dealing with sales taxes and DWI prosecutions.
Lawyers for N.C. state government are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a case involving the prosecution of impaired driving cases in the Tar Heel State. Two DWI defendants claim prosecutors left them in legal limbo when they refused to enter guilty pleas.
The libertarian Cato Institute is supporting the bid of two N.C. drunk driving defendants to have their case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The defendants claim authorities have denied their right to a "speedy" trial.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in the weeks ahead whether to take a case challenging N.C. prosecutors’ approach to impaired-driving cases. Critics contend prosecutors are violating defendants’ rights to a “speedy trial.”
As a special Senate committee on Tuesday began hammering out details for confirming Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet nominees, the back-and-forth between the governor and the General Assembly over the legality of the confirmation requirement continued. The process will mirror that used by the U.S. Senate, with an added step: North Carolina Cabinet-level nominees will have...
George Leef on race in college admissions; legislators debate how to fund roads; pros & cons of adding charter school grades without state okay; lawmakers on helping DWI offenders keep transportation to work; Rick Henderson on court win for N.C. blogger
RALEIGH—The Administrative Office of the Courts announced last week that it is terminating the Warren County Drug Treatment Court program, which relies on the services of the John Hyman Foundation, an organization based in Warrenton and chaired by U. S. Rep. Frank Ballance, D-1st. In addition, last week the state Division of Mental Health reprimanded the Hyman Foundation for violations of state law and “a pattern of noncompliance” with the foundation’s DWI program.
