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NC Supreme Court hears lawsuit over removal of Asheville monument

The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments recently in a lawsuit brought by The Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Carolina Troops against the City of Asheville over the removal of a monument honoring former North Carolina governor and confederate colonel Zebulon Baird Vance.

Zach Rounceville
Opinion

Activist judges are silencing NC voters

Supreme Court Judicial Candidate Lucy Inman said in a recent interview when it comes to her rulings on the bench, she would “stand up for what is right.” In other words, her opinion will be the deciding factor, not the law. This alarming, bold admission shows judicial activism is becoming an accepted practice, and maybe...

Laura Macklem

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Progressives make last-gasp power grab with their dying court majority

The North Carolina Supreme Court met in the Historic 1767 Chowan Count Courthouse in Edenton on October 3 and 4.  The beauty of the setting belied the ugly politics behind two of the cases the court heard on those days.  The court had decided on a 4-3 party-line vote on July 28 to truncate the normal judicial process in Harper v. Hall, a...

Andy Jackson
Opinion

N.C. Supreme Court Dems nullify 4.1 million votes

Democrats on the state Supreme Court told more than three million voters to drop dead by canceling their votes for two constitutional amendments placed on the ballot in 2018. Democrats continued their wrecking ball on the separation of powers by declaring that the people of North Carolina can’t choose to amend their constitution by a...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

Beasley’s better answer on crime

If Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley can’t come up with a better answer on crime, then her campaign may stall before she gets out of the general election gate. Senate Republicans have launched another ad scorching Beasley as soft on crime based on her rulings as a state Supreme Court Justice.  The new $1.7...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

Murder most foul; justice denied

May I introduce you to some of the first-degree murderers who had their death sentences indefinitely postponed by Chief Justice Beasley and our state Supreme Court on June 5, 2020? All of these are from Randolph County: Kenneth Bernard Rouse     Date of Death Sentence:  03-23-1992 Rouse stabbed Hazel Broadway to death while she was working at...

Paul Stam
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Voters pick Allen, Stroud, Stading to represent GOP in Nov judicial elections

Republican primary voters picked Trey Allen, Donna Stroud, and Michael Stading to represent the party on the November ballot in three key appellate court races — one to the N.C. Supreme Court and the other two for the N.C. Court of Appeals. The headliner matchup was a three-way contest between Trey Allen, Victoria Prince, and...

David N. Bass