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On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein joined 18 other Democratic governors in a letter urging Congress to reclaim its authority over tariffs following a 6-3 US Supreme Court ruling that President Donald Trump cannot use federal emergency powers to impose them.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2026 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There are many people who overlook the brilliance of the US Constitution. They argue that it is outdated and unfit to adequately govern such a modern nation as ours in the 21st century.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2025 @ 4:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Three members of North Carolina's congressional delegation voted to grant voting rights to noncitizens
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders' redistricting arguments would "wreak havoc" on American elections, according to a new brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court by left-of-center critics.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 1:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When I talk to folks about the Constitution, I usually comment that “the Constitution holds all the answers to the problems that are plaguing us as a country,” and as a republic.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that state courts' decision to throw out a congressional election map is "irreconcilable" with the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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There is a growing movement in the United States to allow noncitizens to vote. Most recently, New York City passed an ordinance that would allow up to 800,000 noncitizen legal residents to vote in city elections.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I think of the government as a machine.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 11:16 am
By: Diane Rufino
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President Joe Biden got some bad news on Wednesday when 21 states came together to sue him for his executive order that shut down the Keystone XL pipeline.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 10:36 am
By: LifeZette
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The intellectual forces that have driven three decades of freedom-forward research and policy reforms in North Carolina will merge their capabilities, ensuring that North Carolinians' liberties are robustly defended and advanced as we enter this next decade.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 6:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina think tanks join forces, creating the southeast’s most powerful voice for personal and economic freedom
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Staying in one’s own lane can prove especially difficult for a government official.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 @ 3:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Few people want to spend time these days debating the finer points of constitutional law and government’s separation of powers.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 9:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A doctor suing to overturn restrictions on patient care just won his first victory.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On September 3, 1783, representatives from the American states, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and a representative of King George III signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I am a fiscal conservative. I recognize that government at all levels has important tasks to do, tasks that make us all better off if done at a reasonable cost.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 2:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The saying “nix all six” is gaining traction from ideologues on the Left who value partisan victories and power over all else
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 4:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What can lawmakers consider during the 2018 short session? Not everything, because of limits imposed by the long session Adjournment Resolution
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a state as purple as North Carolina, a congressional delegation featuring 10 Republicans and three Democrats offers proof of "extreme" partisan gerrymandering
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 @ 7:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel heard arguments Friday over whether to grant a temporary injunction blocking Senate confirmation of Gov. Roy Cooper's Cabinet nominees
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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An effort to cap the state income tax rate was removed quietly from the Senate's calendar on Wednesday, one day after that body's Finance Committee gave the proposed change to the N.C. Constitution a thumbs up
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is asking Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald for an explanation as to why Bibles have been removed from Missing Man Table displays at several VA clinics across the country
Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2016 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please join the ENC Tea Party on Thursday evening, April 14, at 6:00 pm at La Ribera Mexican Restaurant to learn about the second option provided in the US Constitution for adding amendments - the Article V Convention of States (aka, Constitutional Convention, aka Con-Con).
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2016 @ 8:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Does our existing Constitution permit the federal government to spend money on whatever they want?
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Publius Huldah
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The state's highest court on Tuesday took up the issue of whether the N.C. General Assembly exceeded its constitutional limits when it revoked the Town of Boone's extraterritorial zoning powers in 2014
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the days of Nebbia and West Coast Hotel, challenges to economic regulation have almost universally failed. Particularly in the realm of alcohol, where the State historically plays a role in regulating the distribution and consumption of an intoxicating product, it would be difficult to...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A devilish plot is afoot to impose new national taxes on the American People.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2015 @ 2:44 am
By: Publius Huldah
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REMINDER: This Thursday's meeting on COMMON CORE, and the following Thursday, an evening with entertaining conservative talk show host, Rod Eccles!
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015 @ 9:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The "Balanced Budget Amendment" movement (Article V Convention) is an insidious plot to impose a new national tax!!
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:45 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The N.C. Supreme Court gave a boost to school choice efforts on Thursday by declaring that the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships Program met constitutional muster.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A proposal before the General Assembly would petition Congress to call a convention of states that would entertain constitutional amendments that, if enacted by the convention, would be sent to state legislatures for ratification.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ruled 2-1 that the federal government cannot tax employers in order to provide health insurance subsidies in North Carolina and 35 other states that refused to establish Obamacare exchanges, potentially threatening the national health reform.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 8:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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