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violated appointments clause of Constitution
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2024 @ 10:29 am
By: John Steed
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas clashed on Thursday with a lawyer who argued in favor of Colorado removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, an insurrection clause dating back to the Civil War.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 8:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump can stay on the state’s primary ballot in 2024, dismissing one of several challenges to block a Trump candidacy by using an insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 12:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Minnesota Supreme Court reportedly dismissed a legal challenge from a left-wing group to block former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot using a constitutional provision known as the “insurrection clause.”
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 @ 8:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A Colorado court heard opening arguments on Monday to determine whether the state can use the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment “insurrection” clause to disqualify former President Donald Trump from appearing on its 2024 presidential election ballots.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 6:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. says the state's highest court continues to wrestle with property rights protection tied to the "fruits of their own labor" clause in the state constitution.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 4:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Actor Tim Allen said he’s “better as Santa Claus” than in any other role as he praised his new Disney+ series, “The Santa Clauses,” for remembering that Christmas is about a Christian holiday.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 2:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced Tuesday that he invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions to deal with President Joe Biden’s (D) immigration crisis on the southern border.
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2022 @ 9:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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after Texas governor invokes invasion clause of Constitution
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 7:40 am
By: John Steed
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WRAL reported yesterday about the kurfuffle over Cheif Justice Paul Newby pointing out that there is not a “fair elections” clause in the North Carolina Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 1:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Supreme Court tossed two lawsuits accusing former President Donald Trump of violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution on Monday, ending a roughly four-year legal battle over the former president’s businesses.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 1:03 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, The Governor’s Office filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court, challenging the constitutionality of the membership of the Rules Review Commission (RRC) as a violation of the North Carolina Constitution’s Separation-of-Powers Clause.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 9:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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I will bet you can't watch this without singing along in you head.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2019 @ 9:02 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A three-judge N.C. Superior Court panel’s ruling Tuesday, Aug. 3, in Common Cause v. Lewis will force the N.C. General Assembly to redraw state House and Senate election maps.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 2:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down one of the most controversial opinions in its history. It issued its opinion regarding the constitutionality of state laws banning and even criminalizing abortion.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Commonly known as the "anti-monopoly clause," this provision has been part of North Carolina's constitutional endowment from the very beginning
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1791, Thomas Jefferson wrote an opinion on the constitutionality of a National Bank. It is an important commentary on the meaning and intent of the US Constitution, in particular the two general clauses - the General Welfare Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 7:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed a court challenge to two constitutional amendments because they “would take a wrecking ball to the separation of powers” by rewriting bedrock constitutional provisions — including the Separation of Powers Clause itself
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 @ 5:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What a big week in news, and what a bad week for the core Democrat Resistance Movement, and their representatives in the Democrat Caucuses and in "hallowed halls" of the Fake News.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 10:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This just in, Santa Claus must register with the FAA. In past years, he was given a holiday dispensation but with the assault on Christmas from the fruitcakes, this year he must register his sleigh as a drone.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 7:44 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Last week I provided links to a succession of blog posts in which Kurt Lash and Damon Root debated the meaning of the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause. Some of the posts were a bit snarky, but yesterday the level of civility hit a new low when Prof. Lash suggested that, while...
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2015 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the course of the last two weeks, conservative legal scholar Kurt Lash and libertarian legal scholar Damon Root have treated readers to a lively online debate about how best to interpret Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which reads...
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday the N.C. House of Representatives approved a proposal to amend the state constitution by adding the following language: Private property shall not be taken by eminent domain except for a public use. Just compensation shall be paid and shall be determined by a jury at the request of...
Published: Sunday, February 15th, 2015 @ 5:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For years a diligent group of North Carolina state representatives has been trying to add an eminent domain clause to the North Carolina Constitution. Their latest attempt, HB 3, was filed on January 14th. Thanks to their perseverance - and thanks also to recent changes in the makeup of the...
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 10:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has joined the Texas Attorney General, now governor-elect, along with other governors and attorneys general in a lawsuit that challenges President Barack Obama's expansion of presidential power by unilaterally changing immigration law through executive action.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Racial preferences have never been popular among most Americans, and in fact they are becoming less and less popular.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 6:50 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) survived an attempt to cap and end the mandate last year as crony politics won out over protection of poor ratepayers.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've been following for some time the case of Jackie and Dale Pfendler, owners of JP Electric in Fayetteville, in their long-running battle with The City of Fayetteville.
Published: Sunday, April 28th, 2013 @ 9:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Four property owners suing the Town of Emerald Isle alleging an unlawful taking of their beachfront lots would strike a blow nationally for property rights protections if they win, their lawyers say.
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This 6th installment in Diane Rufino's series examining Our Founding Principles considers the many clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Equal Protection Clause imposes a rather peculiar balancing act on governments seeking to enact measures designed to mitigate illegal immigration-related problems.
Published: Thursday, July 8th, 2010 @ 8:57 am
By: Matthew Jordan Cochran
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