A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Wednesday that federal laws that require individuals to be at least 21 years old to purchase handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers are unconstitutional.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 6:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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A national group of tax lawyers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case from North Carolina dealing with sales taxes and out-of-state transactions.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 12:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Wisconsin-based company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a tax dispute involving the N.C. Department of Revenue.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 10:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Government is best and most responsive to the individual when it is closest to them. We're talking about the local, the county, and even the state level.
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled Dec. 7 for oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 3:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thirteen states have filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting N.C. lawmakers' arguments in a redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 7:19 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 They argue that it is outdated and unfit to adequately govern such a modern nation as ours in the 21st century.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: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 2:54 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Slavery is alive and well thanks to Biden
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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“Nullification” is the doctrine, articulated best by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (our two greatest Founding Fathers) which essentially holds that that the federal government is a creature of the states
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 6:12 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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A leading N.C. gun-rights group is demanding disciplinary action against a Democratic state senator from Mecklenburg County. The group claims Sen. Natasha Marcus made "false claims" during debate about a recently vetoed pistol-permit repeal bill.
Published: Friday, October 15th, 2021 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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More cover up of what is really going on
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 5:08 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ vaccine data dashboard now includes vaccination information from federal providers
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 1:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Critical lessons continue to come out of the results of the 2020 elections. One that seems to have escaped some of the political establishment is North Carolinians don’t want one political party to dominate.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 1:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Happy Anniversary America !! This year, 2011, celebrates 218 years since the British signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783, formally abandoning any claims to the United States.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Government programs such as welfare and other social means-tested programs characterize very well the government's general policy towards poverty: Make individuals "comfortable" in their poverty rather than incentivize them to become self-sufficient.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 9:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Women's March in DC, designed both to very publicly oppose Trump and to show support for full abortion rights, expressly rejected women who support the right to life.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 1:30 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Thomas Jefferson had lots to say about lots of things. As the North Carolina General Assembly begins its 2017 session and new Gov. Roy Cooper begins his term
Published: Friday, January 20th, 2017 @ 11:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A few ideas on how we can bring back Constitutional government and put out the dumpster fire in Washington.
Published: Saturday, October 29th, 2016 @ 12:35 pm
By: Ryan Case
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In its decision of June 27, the Supreme Court upheld the artificial standard it created for abortion access in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and struck a blow to the Right to Life movement.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 9:48 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Is there any way for the opposing sides debating North Carolina's House Bill 2 to move beyond the current impasse? The odds may be against it
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lately I've been reflecting on North Carolina's celebrated history as, well, the political equivalent of a cantankerous old coot.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb has pulled out of the Democrat nomination process, and will have much to say about that decision at some point.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An amendment to replace the States' influence in the federal government since the 17th Amendment was adopted.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Conservatives and libertarians often serve as allies in public policy debates, but they tend to diverge on some hot-button issues.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 5:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My colleague Jon Sanders has already commented on last week's Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission. As Jon suggests, this is a good result in many ways — the bad guys lost, and the good guys will eventually benefit. It is...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The obvious problem with the cause often identified as "states' rights" is that it has sometimes been used to defend odious practices such as slavery and segregation. There's an even more basic problem, however, and it lies in the wording of the phrase itself. Governments can have...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you've been paying attention to the media, you've been told numerous times from opponents of North Carolina's Marriage Amendment that the fight is over, and that they have won.
Published: Friday, October 24th, 2014 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As many of you that follow me and Beaufort County's government, you most probably know that I often write resolutions regarding grassroots issues that are deep within the fabric of what America must correct to remain solvent as a Republic.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 6:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The liars in the remnants of our state's mainstream media would have you believe state government was working like a charm prior to the January 2013 inauguration of Republican governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 12:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court decided one of the most important Second Amendment cases in U.S. history. McDonald v. City of Chicago.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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December 15 was Bill of Rights Day. It marks the 221st anniversary of the day when the first ten amendments - our Bill of Rights - were ratified in 1791.
Published: Monday, December 31st, 2012 @ 10:47 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Last year, I taught classes on the Constitution, Our Founding Fathers, Our Founding Principles, The Federal Court System, The Supreme Court, and Judicial Activism.
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2012 @ 6:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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When a curious woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787 and asked him what kind of government the delegates had given the people, he replied: "...A Republic, Ma'am, if you can keep it."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 10:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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