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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Republican Rep-elect Mark Harris will get his day in court. Thursday, Jan. 3, he filed a petition in Wake County Superior Court seeking to declare him the victor in the 9th U.S. Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 6:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The term "birthright citizenship" refers to the idea that you can become a citizen of a country simply by being born there.
Published: Friday, November 23rd, 2018 @ 10:59 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Today, President Trump welcomed the heroic crew and passengers of Southwest Flight 1380 to the White House.
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 2:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This article is a comprehensive look at the FISA abuses of the Obama FBI and DOJ, including a complete timeline of events, and a comparison to the Watergate scandal which took down President Nixon.
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2018 @ 12:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Obama administration and its fronts in the Senate accomplished what Richard Nixon wasn't able to accomplish, which was the suppression of an entire movement against him.
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 2:10 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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This article will explain why the Executive Order and the temporary travel ban is legal and appropriate and why I think it will ultimately be upheld.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:27 am
By: Diane Rufino
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There is no longer any question that Hillary Clinton's email scheme jeopardized our national security. Look no further than what we revealed this week.
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 4:56 am
By: Russell Allen
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Both HB2 and the Charlotte ordinance that preceded it were solutions in search of a problem. We've yet to see certifiable evidence that Charlotte had significant or quantifiable transgender discrimination problems. It was political pandering to a liberal support base
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 11:47 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Government seized more than $5 million cash and 40 vehicles from owner of medical transportation service.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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With every tragedy our country faces, we are almost always greeted just moments after with demands to infringe on a right so we may prevent another tragedy
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 3:32 am
By: Sabe Wilis
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Yesterday, Senator Burr joined with Senator John McCain on a legislative measure that would have improved our national security and helped thwart potential terror attacks on our soil
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Governor McCrory's pronouncement that the proposed CSX rail hub in Selma is effectively dead is both good news and bad.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods served our country with courage and with honor.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is Tuesday, August 18. Members of the Wake County Taxpayers Association (WCTA) sit across from Ken Bowers, Raleigh’s chief planner, and Dan Becker, the city’s long range planning manager.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 10:28 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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In a recent piece in the New York Times, University of Chicago law professor Tom Ginsburg urges us to "Stop Revering Magna Carta." Ginsburg tries to persuade us that our reverence is misplaced by pointing out that Magna Carta was neither "the first document of its type" nor "a ringing endorsement of
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 7:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recent weeks, the small town of Fairmont, N.C. has received what is likely the most national media coverage it has seen in years. The Robeson County town of less than 3,000 is home to Lyndon McLellan, who owns and operates a local convenience store. Last summer, his entire business bank...
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 @ 11:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week the NC House voted unanimously to approve a bill (HB 183) that would repeal in its entirety a contentious piece of legislation known as the Map Act. As I explained in a previous newsletter, when the General Assembly passed the Map Act in 1987 its declared purpose was...
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House of Representatives has 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 either party.
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 1:56 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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House leaders once again will try to write eminent domain private property protections into the N.C. Constitution.
Published: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was about 2 years ago when we were hearing what a good chance Mitt Romney had of being our next President.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2014 @ 2:14 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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One recent Tuesday was Constitution Day - September 17. It marks the day that the Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 concluded and the final draft of Constitution was signed by the delegates who attended.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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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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It is interesting to hear the conversation coming out of the Internal Revenue Service hearings as Rep. Issa and his committee search for the truth surrounding the IRS's behavior toward conservative groups seeking 501(c)(4) exemptions from taxation.
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The Speaker Ban After 50 Years -- The legislature at its Worst? That's the headline slapped on top of the latest missive from Rob Christensen, McClatchy-Raleigh's "Mr. Politics."
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2013 @ 9:27 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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It's amazing how Americans have sat by and allowed the statists in DC to ignore, rewrite and basically stomp all over the specifics of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 @ 6:22 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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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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