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Court ruling clarifies limits of NC’s First Amendment protection
North Carolina's second-highest court has upheld trespassing convictions against two journalists who covered a 2021 Asheville protest.
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Left-wing activist Barber sues movie theater chain over 2023 seating incident
The Rev. William Barber is taking a movie theater chain to court over a 2023 incident in Greenville that left him “humiliated,” “embarrassed,” and “defamed.” Barber filed a federal lawsuit Thursday targeting AMC Theaters.
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Apex, property owner prepare for sewer pipe fight at NC Supreme Court
Apex and a local property owner submitted written arguments to the state’s highest court this week in a nine-year battle over a disputed sewer pipe. The state Supreme Court agreed in October to take up the property rights case pitting the Wake County town against Beverly Rubin. The town had requested a Supreme Court review in 2021.
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State Supreme Court will not hear Barber’s trespass appeal
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.
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Appeals Court upholds Barber’s trespass conviction at 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...
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Cooper H.B. 2 compromise doesn’t address ‘home rule’ question
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...
