One member of the North Carolina Supreme Court sees the recent Ace Speedway decision as an important precedent for economic liberty.
The North Carolina Supreme Court heard two separate challenges Wednesday to Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to keep private bars closed while other businesses reopened during the COVD-19 pandemic. In both cases, bar owners seek compensation from the state for the forced closings.
North Carolina bar owners suing Gov. Roy Cooper over his decision to keep bars closed during the COVID-19 pandemic made the case this week for compensation from the state. The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 23 in NC Bar and Tavern Association v. Cooper. It’s one of two cases at the state’s highest court that day pitting the governor against bar owners.
Gov. Roy Cooper is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a case stemming from his shutdown of bars during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Appeals Court ruled in April that Cooper had violated bar owners’ rights to the fruits of their labor and equal protection of the laws.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the N.C. Court of Appeals’ decision against Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to keep private bars closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kokai offered these comments during the April 19, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
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