News

Law professors file new briefs supporting forced removal of GOP justices

Nearly two dozen N.C. law professors have signed on to two new friend-of-the-court briefs in a high-profile N.C. Supreme Court case involving voter ID. Both briefs filed Tuesday urge the state Supreme Court to remove two Republican justices from hearing the case. Thirteen professors have signed onto a brief as N.C. professors of constitutional law....

CJ Staff
Opinion

Fight over removing Supreme Court justices in voter ID case goes public

A new N.C. Supreme Court order confirms that the court’s justices are considering whether to remove two colleagues from hearing a high-profile case involving voter ID. Carolina Journal was first to report that the court’s four Democrats were contemplating the move that would block two Republican justices from taking part in the case. It’s a...

Dallas Woodhouse
News

Opportunity lost? The education empire strikes back at school choice 

Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons.   Her eldest, Amoree, attended private school until the second grade, but Brown lost her job, and the change in circumstances sent him back to public school. When Amoree returned to public school, he found himself miles ahead of other students in his class and became...

Lindsay Marchello
News

Senate approves bill capping income tax rate

RALEIGH ­— The state Senate has given its approval to a proposed constitutional amendment capping the income tax rate at 5.5 percent, but one lawmaker has a better idea. Applying some fiscal restraint, said Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, could eliminate the urge to increase tax rates in the first place. Tillman is one of the...

Barry Smith

Help Support Non-profit Journalism & Donate Today