This week, we are joined by attorney and legal expert Jon Guze, who encourages communities to deter crime through elevated policing.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two democratically aligned advocacy organizations recently sent a letter to the election boards in ten states, including North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a previous blogpost I reported on cancellations at two North Carolina educational institutions. Today I’m sorry to have to report on another.
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2023 @ 9:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two left-leaning organizations sent a letter to North Carolina’s State Board of Elections last week urging the state officials to block former president Donald J. Trump from being able to run for president
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 5:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a decision holding that the State of Colorado may not force a website developer to create websites for same-sex weddings
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Join the conversation as state Senator Jim Burgin (R – Harnett) and Locke senior legal fellow Jon Guze highlight the numerous personal and policy challenges those battling severe mental illness confront in their quest for health.
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 4:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a new piece in the Daily Mail, the well-known science writer explains why he’ll be buying a new gas powered car before the UK’s electric vehicle mandate goes into effect in 2030.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This analysis by Jim Copland and Rafael Mangual is well worth reading in full. Here’s an excerpt:
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 11:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are several reasons to oppose the proposed $1.4 billion appropriation to NCInnovation
Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A fired Winston-Salem State University professor focuses on "administrative deference" in his latest plea to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 7:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Most North Carolinians probably know that the “Regulators” were a group of Piedmont farmers who opposed the heavy-handed enforcement of taxes and fees by the colonial government in the years preceding the War of Independence.
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chicago recently initiated a policy of paying former gang members to act as “peacekeepers” in high-crime neighborhoods.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 8:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina System is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to reject the latest appeal from a fired Winston-Salem State University professor.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 6:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh unwittingly welcomed criminality, and homicides, rapes, assaults, and property crimes have all increased
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to take up the case of a fired Winston-Salem State University professor.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Compared with most states’ laws, North Carolina’s asset forfeiture laws do an excellent job of protecting innocent property owners and discouraging abuse
Published: Sunday, June 4th, 2023 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"This is proof positive that North Carolina politicians and bureaucrats are prepared to trample on the rights of private property owners in order to benefit favored business interests,” said Jon Guze, Senior Fellow for Legal Studies at the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 10:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two recent news stories about educational institutions in our state illustrate the truth of that statement.
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2023 @ 9:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here’s a scathing Twitter thread debunking that study:
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 8:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order at a press conference Tuesday creating the Office of Violence Prevention in the Department of Public Safety, the first of its kind in the South.
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a new article at the Journal of Public Economics, Zachary S. Fone, Joseph J. Sabia, and Resul Cesur report, “Using data from the 1998–2016 Uniform Crime Reports and a difference-in-differences approach, we find robust evidence that minimum wage hikes increase property crime arrests among 16-to-24
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new legal brief from the John Locke Foundation urges the N.C. Supreme Court to avoid a decision that could harm health care access in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 12:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Constitution unequivocally declares, “The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers shall be forever separate and distinct from each other”
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As reported at The Carolina Journal, North Carolina’s legislative leaders filed petitions last week asking the N.C. Supreme Court to rehear two cases in which the court’s outgoing Democratic majority ruled against Republican legislators on election maps and voter ID.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 1:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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That’s the headline of a recent WRAL report. The report continues:
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On October 31, I listened to five hours of oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in SFFA v. UNC and SFFA v Harvard. Since I doubt many readers had the patience to do that, I’m sharing some of the highlights here.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 10:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal judge criticized the U.S. Justice Department for its handling of an Alabama case that attracted attention from the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ever since the calls to “defund the police” began in 2020 after the death of George Floyd, I’ve been making the case for increased police spending so that we can deploy more active duty police officers on the streets in high-crime, high-disorder neighborhoods.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Washington Free Beacon reported this week that:
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation has joined more than 50 groups, elected officials, and individuals challenging a federal subpoena that aims to chill political speech.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Conservative, progressive, and libertarian scholars recommend a constitutional amendment that would end lifetime appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 8:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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