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It should come as no surprise that the North Carolina Council for Women, whose mission it is to achieve equality for all NC women by advocating for education, health and safety, economic security, and social justice, supports women’s rights to make the reproductive decisions that are best for them
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 9:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The case of a fired Durham police sergeant gives the N.C. Supreme Court a chance to consider constitutional protection of economic liberty.
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a "control" state for liquor.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nothing in the U.S. Constitution implies a hierarchy among rights. Nevertheless, the federal courts have insisted on relegating economic rights to second-class status
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA)
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 8:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In late February, the Charlotte city council passed a so-called antidiscrimination law, scheduled to go into effect on April 1, aimed at protecting what, in their view, are the rights of those in the gay, lesbian, and transgender community.
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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In recent 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: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 1:08 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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The U.S. Supreme Court today vacated a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judgment that had allowed the city of Norfolk, Va. to suppress a banner protesting the government's illegal attempt to seize private property by eminent domain....
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 4:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For 20 years, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington-based Heritage Foundation have produced international indexes of economic freedom. Countries that adopt fiscal restraint and free trade, protect the rights of contract and property ownership, and avoid excessive taxes or regulations earn...
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eminent domain is the government's power to seize private property for public use. It is a constitutional power; the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, "Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 4:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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