Case pits NC constitutional right against local zoning restrictions
If Fairytale Farm gets a new hearing, the court might offer additional guidance to those who question local government restrictions of North Carolinians’ basic economic rights.
Recent court filings have returned the issue of nonresident North Carolina voters to the headlines.
Carolina Journal surveys have consistently shown that roughly 64% of North Carolina voters support enshrining right-to-work protections.
Former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell offers words of encouragement to both sides of the state's education funding divide.
The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law with a new filing at the state’s highest court.
A recent trip to Ukraine helped North Carolina Chief Justice Paul Newby focus on fundamental rights. He explained why during a presentation Saturday at the Carolina Liberty Conference.
Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr’s request for a new oral argument in his “fair elections” lawsuit is both “improper” and “untimely.” That’s according to a court filing Tuesday from state legislative leaders.
A courtroom battle between Gov. Josh Stein and state legislative leaders could depend on words that do not appear in North Carolina's governing document.
The state Supreme Court splits along party lines in a case that boils down to solving 12-1+1.
Most Americans, and probably most of the delegates in Philadelphia, were not yet ready to declare full independence. But North Carolina’s Richard Caswell was.
For nearly a century, it has been our common practice to pay for public assets with cash. North Carolina ranks 48th in state and local debt.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr is urging North Carolina’s second-highest court to revive his lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional and legislative election maps. Orr asks state courts to recognize a state constitutional right to “fair” elections.