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A group of about 30 students packed up their things and walked out of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s two-hour lecture on Wednesday, joining a planned walkout to protest the school’s alleged involvement in publicly sharing the names and photos of students who had joined pro-Hamas protest
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 7:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Biden administration‘s spy chief raised expectations on Friday for a future in which “high-altitude vehicles” will become commonplace.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 1:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following nine individuals to serve in key roles
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last year, a Superior Court panel in North Carolina declared the state’s congressional districts an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This summer’s racial protests and violence have propelled the issue of slavery reparations under the national spotlight.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2020 @ 5:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s trite to say the country is divided.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 10:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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President Trump has called his “principled realism” but, befitting such a fuzzy term, there’s no consensus on what drives the current approach.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 12:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The times have a fin de siècle feel for small-government conservatives.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 4:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the President’s Commission on White House Fellows announces the appointment of the 2019-2020 class of White House Fellows.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 4:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have written about gerrymandering in these pages before, but the recent Superior Court ruling that the state’s legislative districts constitute an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander makes me want to do it again.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2019 @ 1:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We tend to think of U.S. Supreme Court justices as ideological, their views and actions mapping neatly onto the conventional liberal-to-conservative continuum of American politics.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2019 @ 9:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Brexit apoplexy, crippling fears about the future of the Union — the Scots are once again discussing independence — and a riven governing Conservative Party that is only in charge with the assistance of an obscure Northern Irish group.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 11:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans are in a strong position. The party has the White House and Senate, and a majority on the Supreme Court. No sitting president has been denied a second term for more than 30 years. Despite a recent cool down, the economy is humming.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2019 @ 8:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Given the result of the 2016 presidential election, it’s not surprising Democrats are talking a lot about the Electoral College as the 2020 campaign gets under way.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The only thing more worrying than the federal government’s recent announcement that the debt had reached $22 trillion, or 104 percent of GDP, was that it generated such little attention.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 12:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Direct democracy occurs when residents of a jurisdiction — a city, state, country — vote on policy rather than have elected representatives make these decisions for them.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2019 @ 9:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina now has its second voter identification law. A federal court voided the first because it would not consider forms of ID disproportionately used by minorities, such as cards or documents given to government employees, students, and people on public assistance.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 11:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Clearly, 2018 was a Democratic year, as it should have been given a Republican was in the White House. The Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House and seven governorships
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 9:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A handful of lawsuits which threatened to upend North Carolina's November elections resolved quietly over the past few days
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Everyone loves lists, and the internet age now has us addicted to them - the top-five greatest tennis grand-slam finals between left-handers, the top 10 best-looking spouses of celebrity chefs, etc.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2018 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper took three strikes in Wake County Superior Court this week as judges ruled in favor of the General Assembly in a continuing battle over separation of powers
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 4:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Donald Trump is the sun of the contemporary American political system
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2018 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legal battle between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican leaders in the General Assembly over the creation of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement is bypassing the Court of Appeals
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 @ 12:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2001 Americans have been focused on the danger of radical Islamic terrorism. Samuel Huntington calls the current conflict part of a broader "clash of civilizations," one in which al-Qaida, ISIS, and others wish to destroy our culture and ideas
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 9:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's fair to say that America has not had a true majority party since about 1968
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two House bills intended to reduce partisan manipulation of legislative redistricting could be acted on in the short session starting in April, though retiring Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, predicted the Senate would not approve either.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent movie "Best of Enemies" revisits 1968, one of the most dramatic years in modern American history
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As I am sure you know, Carolina Journal is the monthly newspaper of the John Locke Foundation. Formed in 1990, the organization is named after the great English political philosopher who penned the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina in 1669 and the English Bill of Rights 20 years later.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A government reform group is making another push for changes in the way North Carolina draws legislative maps as the...
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Jean Monnet and Paul-Henri Spaak conceived of the European Economic Community in the mid-1950s, they may not have wanted a European superstate.
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 @ 4:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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