|
This week on the Debrief, conflict over a new elections bill, and the legislature looks to roll back more executive appointment powers.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
The budget our legislature has passed is the cherry on top of the upside-down power grab cake our lawmakers have been baking since January.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 12:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
|
|
In what has to be a landmark decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state legislatures do not have unchecked power over federal elections.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
By: Tom Campbell
|
|
The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to regulate congressional redistricting
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
legislature also banned vaccine mandates and stripped governor's emergency powers
Published: Friday, September 10th, 2021 @ 11:58 am
By: John Steed
|
|
1945 Emergency Powers Act totally repealed and the repeal cannot be vetoed by governor
Published: Wednesday, July 21st, 2021 @ 6:45 pm
By: John Steed
|
|
The N.C. Supreme Court Friday closed one chapter in a two-year legal battle between Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly. The legislature prevailed
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 10:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Roy Cooper spent his last few weeks as governor-elect of North Carolina attacking the state legislature for encroaching on the separation of powers, weakening the rule of law, subverting the will of the voters, and hurrying new policies through too quickly, without adequate discussion
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Sometimes, despite good intentions, we just get things wrong. That's what happened in 2007, when the North Carolina legislature enacted a bill to force electric utilities to buy "renewable" power from wind, solar, and other expensive and unreliable sources.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Because much of my national writing on politics centers on state governors and legislatures, I am on the email lists for Democratic and Republican committees aimed at increasing their party's power in state capitals.
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2012 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|