Left-wing political activist the Rev. William Barber will not get his day at the N.C. Supreme Court. Justices at the state's highest court have turned down Barber's appeal of a 2019 conviction connected to a protest at the General Assembly.
The N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a second-degree trespass conviction against left-wing activist the Rev. William Barber. The conviction stemmed from a 2017 protest Barber led at the state Legislative Building against Republican leaders of the General Assembly. “Defendant led a group of approximately [50] people through the General Assembly office complex, protesting the...
RALEIGH — Campbell University law Professor Greg Wallace says a simple repeal of House Bill 2 being pushed by Gov. Roy Cooper would put the state back in a “gray area” regarding municipal authority over nondiscrimination ordinances. “I’m not sure either side really wants this dispute to come down to that issue.” Cooper and other Democratic leaders advocated a straight-up...
