The Worst Take on the Leandro Ruling Courtesy of Every Child NC | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the John Locke Foundation. The author of this post is Dr. Terry Stoops.

    Those "spending rules" are codified in the North Carolina Constitution and have been since 1776. Our system of government could not run without them.

    But hey, you do you.



    No money shall be drawn from the State treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of State funds shall be published annually.

    Article V, Section 7(1) of the North Carolina Constitution