Opinion
Sharing NC’s fruits with the rest of the nation
A scholar from the libertarian Cato Institute recently publicized North Carolina's unique constitutional provision protecting economic liberty.
Opinion
Adding fruits to our constitutional diet
Some N.C. Supreme Court Justices have taken a special interest in protecting North Carolinians' "enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor."
News
Justice Berger explores future of ‘fruits of their own labor’ protections
North Carolina’s constitution has protected people’s rights to the “enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor” for more than 150 years. But the state’s highest court continues to wrestle with the form that protection should take. That was a key message in N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s May 10 presentation to the Bastiat Society of Raleigh.
News
Kill Devil Hills faces lawsuit challenging restrictions on ‘itinerant vendors’
A coastal N.C. town faces a new lawsuit over rules that block an entrepreneur from selling local artists’ goods outside a traditional brick-and-mortar store. Ami Hill filed suit Tuesday morning in Dare County Superior Court against Kill Devil Hills. With help from the Pacific Legal Foundation, Hill is challenging the Dare County town’s restrictions for...
