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N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. says the state's highest court continues to wrestle with property rights protection tied to the "fruits of their own labor" clause in the state constitution.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 4:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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More than one year after the N.C. Court of Appeals struck down Greenville's red-light camera enforcement program as unconstitutional, the N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Greenville's appeal.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 @ 4:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General is asking a federal court to declare North Carolina's 1931 criminal libel law unconstitutional.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, North Carolina legislators took a step toward repealing the literacy test requirement from the N.C. Constitution. Legislators heard House Bill 44 in the Judiciary 2 committee Wednesday. The bill would place a constitutional amendment on the 2024 general election ballot.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a 1931 N.C. criminal libel law is likely unconstitutional. It's a legal victory for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 12:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs working the Institute for Justice have filed a lawsuit against food truck restrictions in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Jeanette Doran, president and general counsel of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, rebuts arguments about the Independent State Legislature Doctrine, a concept tied to North Carolina’s Moore v. Harper redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 @ 11:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court dismissed as "moot" a request to speed up proceedings in a lawsuit challenging two state constitutional amendments.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 6:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. NAACP is seeking a "writ of mandamus" from the N.C. Supreme Court. It would speed up action in a case targeting state constitutional amendments for voter ID and a lower income tax cap.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein says a challenged state election law "threatens to chill speech at the heart of our democratic process." Stein wants federal courts to declare the law unconstitutional.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 9:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, the N.C. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit addressing the voter ID law state lawmakers approved to implement a state constitutional amendment.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 12:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's lawyer asks the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to declare a state criminal libel law "unconstitutional on its face."
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that felon voting supporters are attacking a provision of the state constitution, not the 1973 law that re-enfranchises felons.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that state courts' decision to throw out a congressional election map is "irreconcilable" with the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With a 4-3 party-line vote, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court agreed that two voter-approved state constitutional amendments could be thrown out. They have sent the case back to a trial judge to make that decision.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A fired Durham police sergeant is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to permit his lawsuit accusing the city of violating his state constitutional rights.
Published: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation and N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law label a proposed forced money transfer in the Leandro case "unconstitutional."
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday morning in Greensboro, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles is scheduled to hear initial arguments in N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s effort to have a 91-year-old state law declared unconstitutional.
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 @ 3:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein wants a federal court to declare a 1931 state law unconstitutional.
Published: Monday, July 25th, 2022 @ 7:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging the Greenville red-light camera law as an unconstitutional local health act.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 @ 4:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court could decide whether Greenville’s red-light camera enforcement program is based on an unconstitutional local law dealing with health. A plaintiff making that claim filed paperwork Monday asking justices to take up her case.
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2022 @ 6:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled Greenville’s red-light camera program unconstitutional.
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 @ 8:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dallas Woodhouse, Carolina Journal investigative journalist, discusses his reporting at ExtremeInjustice.com on a controversial case involving the N.C. Supreme Court and two challenged state constitutional amendments.
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 5:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Democrat-controlled N.C. Supreme Court could end up deciding the constitutionality of a $1.7-billion transfer ordered by the presiding judge in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Supreme Court Justices Tamara Barringer and Phil Berger Jr. confirmed late Friday afternoon that they will take part in a high-profile case involving two challenged amendments to the N.C. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 9:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina continues to wait and see if the state Supreme Court will address a trial judge’s $1.7 billion education funding order.
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 8:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Constitution’s protection of economic liberty could help a fired Durham police sergeant in his lawsuit against the city. A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court’s ruling against the fired officer.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 7:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law raises serious questions about a plan to block two N.C. Supreme Court justices from hearing a case involving voter ID.
Published: Monday, October 4th, 2021 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Three years after the N.C. electorate decided to add a voter identification requirement to the state constitution, Republican lawmakers are defending voter ID in court.
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 2:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly will consider a measure to enshrine North Carolina’s right-to-work policies in the state constitution.
Published: Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A supermajority of the N.C. House has approved a proposed constitutional amendment to strengthen private property rights against eminent domain land takings.
Published: Saturday, March 27th, 2021 @ 7:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The vast majority of respondents to a new John Locke Foundation poll of likely 2022 general election voters in North Carolina support the state’s right-to-work law and would support a right-to-work amendment to the N.C. Constitution.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2021 @ 9:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a split 2-1 ruling, the N.C. Court of Appeals has reinstated voter-approved state constitutional amendments to require voter ID and to cap the state’s income tax rate.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yes, the N.C. Court of Appeals just upheld the state’s voter ID constitutional amendment.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 4:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite a 2015 decision by the N.C. Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of the Opportunity Scholarship Program, teacher unions filed a new complaint today.
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2020 @ 10:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has dismissed a Greenville woman’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s red-light camera law.
Published: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 @ 11:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There’s no N.C. equivalent to the celebration surrounding national Constitution Day. Perhaps it’s a good idea to start one.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 11:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Judges in the Common Cause v. Lewis election redistricting trial must answer a relatively simple question: Does the N.C. Constitution limit partisan gerrymandering?
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A nonpartisan commission would replace lawmakers in drawing election maps if a bill introduced Wednesday becomes law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 8:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Commonly known as the "anti-monopoly clause," this provision has been part of North Carolina's constitutional endowment from the very beginning
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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