In history books, Anti-Federalists often are depicted as losers during the constitutional ratification debates. But in many ways, they were victorious
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 8:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Among the basic guarantees of liberty provided by the Bill of Rights is the right to confront one's accusers during a criminal trial
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the framers met in Philadelphia in the blazing summer of 1787, fierce debate ensued.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 9:05 pm
By: Ryan Case
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To those who are serious about preventing the federal government from coming after our Second Amendment rights, please read and take note.....
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 @ 10:47 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I'm so old, I can remember when the left was committed to upholding the Bill of Rights.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory is firing back at the US DOJ for their ridiculous demands to drop gender restrictions on bathrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2016 @ 10:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Paul Craig Roberts takes a look at the document that holds the states in a Union and questions whether the legal bonds still exist.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2016 @ 9:49 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The vacancy of Justice Antonin Scalia's seat on the Supreme Court has set off a predictable power struggle over his replacement
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2016 @ 7:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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During the 1787-89 debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution, for example, North Carolina's population was divided over the necessity of a new constitution and what became known as the Bill of Rights.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obama intends to ignore the second amendment. The states must stand up to him and the government and protect the people in their essential right to have and bear arms.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Today is Constitution and Citizenship Day. It is important to remind ourselves of the Constitution, and other founding documents, for as No. 21 in Declaration of Rights in the 1776 N.C. Constitution reminds us: "a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary, to preserve...
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each year the North Carolina General Assembly discusses how much is spent on state government. Many, including the John Locke Foundation, argue that a spending limit or cap should be in place. The call for such a cap has not been impromptu, but rather a reaction to inflation-adjusted state...
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation recently commemorated the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta (Latin for “Great Charter”).
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As someone who views constitutional government as a basic institution of freedom, and constitutions as wielding near-divine authority, I retain what to some might be a surprising or even cavalier openness to constitutional amendment.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is an excellent post at the Bloomberg View blog by Megan McArdle explaining why the left and the right view the outcome of the Hobby Lobby case so very differently. She argues that part of it has to do with each side's view of religion...
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Will the real North Carolina conservatives please stand up? Game show aficionados will remember "To Tell the Truth," which aired in one form or another on CBS, NBC, and in syndication for decades. Hosted by the likes of Bud Collyer (the original voice of Superman on radio and motion pictures)...
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we take stock of how the high court has repeatedly twisted the Constitution to undermine family values and to negate the benefits of federalism.
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2014 @ 2:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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For years I shied away from this. I thought everyone knew it. I assumed bringing it up would only show how shallow I am. After all, we are all Americans and knowing it should be like a genetic appendage.
Published: Thursday, February 6th, 2014 @ 6:52 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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I am writing to reassure you that there is no connection whatsoever between the Civitas Institute and a newspaper chain that reportedly was planning to create a nationwide database of people with legal permits to carry concealed firearms.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 6:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Ira David Wood, in his delightful adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, sings a song, “What’s Christmas to you is humbug to me.” That pretty well sums up the prevailing attitude in North Carolina and the nation today.
Published: Saturday, December 14th, 2013 @ 2:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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To know your Constitution - questions for Constitution Day (to learn about the Constitution).
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 @ 4:59 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The government has no legitimate powers that were not initially granted to it under the Constitution.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2013 @ 11:52 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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We talk a lot today about how the Constitution no longer means what it used to and it no longer protects individual freedom and liberty as it used to.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 9:19 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Tax reform legislation working its way through the General Assembly could affect a Taxpayer Bill of Rights measure originally intended to return...
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The silence in Beaufort County is almost deafening. The Feds and "Homeland Security", under the guise of target practice and training, are buying well over 1.5 BILLION rounds of ammo.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 @ 9:22 pm
By: Donald Dixon
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One of the inalienable rights of citizenship in this nation is the First Amendment right to peaceably assemble and to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2013 @ 1:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A clear majority of the Founding Fathers unquestionably believed in a universal right to bear arms.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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For savers, compounding interest can be a great thing. It helps to accelerate the rate of increase of your money in the bank.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 4:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While North Carolina's elected leaders prepare to tackle tax reform, the John Locke Foundation's new book urges them to take on the related issue of government overspending through a state Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On January 16, 2013, President Obama signed 23 Executive Orders which he claimed are aimed at reducing gun violence.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The following amendments to the Constitution of the United States will allow us to continue to be a great nation for another 200 years. Without them we will become a socialist quagmire.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2013 @ 4:42 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort Patriot Tea Party is hosting Tom Rhyne a Director with Grass Roots North Carolina to explain how we can help protect your Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 @ 9:59 pm
By: Buzz Cayton
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