Jeanette Doran, the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law’s executive director and general counsel, explains that the constitutional amendment language voters see on the North Carolina ballot doesn’t have to match the text of the actual amendment. Doran offered these comments during a Feb. 20, 2012, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Sparks fly as NC Senate committee OKs bill to fund waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships
The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee moved forward with a bill Wednesday that would fund scholarships for the estimated 54,800 applicants on the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships.