Democrats losing their jobs are now bitterly complaining about the changes at AOC.
One month ago, I wrote a story asking you to “pay attention” to judicial candidates on Election Day. And you did. Now, a record 5.5 million or so votes have been cast in North Carolina, and Republicans are days away from confirming a potential sweep of contests for seats on the N.C. Supreme Court and...
North Carolina’s court cases are on hold due to coronavirus. Most Superior and District court cases will be paused for 30 days, with “some limited exceptions,” N.C. Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley announced. The rule goes into effect March 16. Beasley’s announcement Friday, March 13, follows Gov. Roy Cooper’s Thursday recommendations that all gatherings of...
RALEIGH — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at beefing up the state’s rainy day fund. “It takes North Carolina from frankly one of the weaker savings regiments of any state to what the Pew Center believes will be one of the strongest,” said Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, the sponsor of...
A panel of federal judges has denied a request from North Carolina lawmakers to delay an order to redraw state House and Senate districts by no later than March 15 and hold special legislative elections later this year. This upholds a ruling by the court Nov. 29. In August, the three-judge panel ruled that nine...
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, assesses the potential electoral impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review President Obama’s executive order on immigration. Kokai offered these comments during the Jan. 18, 2016, edition of Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight.”
Thomas Maher, executive director of the N.C. Office of Indigent Defense Services, discusses growing support across party and ideological lines for criminal justice reform, including his office’s work. Maher offered these comments during a Jan. 11, 2016, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, details problems linked to government occupational licensing requirements. Guze offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 659).
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood and Vice President Becki Gray discuss the N.C. Supreme Court’s latest ruling upholding North Carolina’s election maps. Hood and Gray offered these comments during the Dec. 27, 2015, episode of N.C. Spin.
Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, discusses his amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief opposing North Carolina’s Map Act. Guze offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 653).
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, responds to a 13-year-old’s attempt to use a lawsuit to force North Carolina to adopt stricter limits on carbon dioxide emissions. Kokai offered these comments for a Nov. 13, 2015, report on WTVD (ABC11).
