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A three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina's 2018 state constitutional amendments mandating voter ID and lowering the state's income tax cap.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 10:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A five-year-old lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter ID and tax cap state constitutional amendments will head to a three-judge panel.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 12:03 am
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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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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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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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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Should Democrats on the State Supreme Court make the highly partisan and controversial move of forcing two Republican State Supreme Court Justices off a critical case to decide the fate of voter-approved state constitutional amendments requiring voter ID and lowering the maximum income tax rate.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:37 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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Civitas President and CEO issued the following statement after a federal judge announced her intention of blocking the implementation of North Carolina’s constitutionally-passed voter ID amendment
Published: Monday, December 30th, 2019 @ 7:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The House Rules Committee gave a favorable report on Monday, Feb. 25 to a bill proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the use of eminent domain for economic development
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 8:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The nonprofit and nonpartisan organization Truth in Accounting (TIA) recently released its “Financial State of the States” report. The report ranks states based on their ability or failure to meet outstanding financial obligations
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 10:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State lawmakers grouped six constitutional amendments on the November ballot in a way that limits efforts to distinguish each amendment from the others
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The saying “nix all six” is gaining traction from ideologues on the Left who value partisan victories and power over all else
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 4:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This overview is written for the purpose of educating North Carolina voters on the six proposed amendments to the North Carolina state constitution.
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 4:55 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It's wrong to suggest a proposed state constitutional amendment would block North Carolina from adopting a system of graduated tax rates
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2018 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jim Martin, and the four other living former North Carolina governors, held a news conference Monday, Aug. 13, in the State Capitol building, standing in bipartisan opposition to two constitutional amendments they say would limit executive power.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin has named a three-judge panel with mixed political affiliations to hear a pair of lawsuits challenging four constitutional amendments
Published: Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 @ 12:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Wake County Superior Court judge wants state Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin to appoint a three-judge panel to hear challenges by Gov. Roy Cooper and two left-leaning advocacy groups about four proposed constitutional amendments
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State legislators are returning today to Raleigh to write short descriptors for the six constitutional amendments slated to be on the ballot this fall
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 1:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. House passed another constitutional amendment late Tuesday morning, changing how appointments are made to the state boards and commissions
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2018 @ 3:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ford Porter, press secretary for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following statement on the North Carolina Senate's proposed constitutional amendment that would require all judges to be elected every two years
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 8:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State Rep. Dennis Riddell, R-Alamance, is under no illusion a constitutional amendment to impose legislative term limits will be an easy sell, even though the earliest anyone would be barred from running for re-election is 2035
Published: Sunday, March 26th, 2017 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Senate has given its approval to a proposed constitutional amendment capping the income tax rate at 5.5 percent, but one lawmaker has a better idea
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State House members continue to push for a constitutional amendment to protect private landowners' from eminent domain seizures for economic development projects
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, said the Senate will push again in the next legislative session to pass a constitutional amendment lowering the cap on the personal income tax rate from 10 percent to 5.5 percent.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC may become the 5th state to call for a convention of states to draft a constitutional "balanced budget" amendment
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 4:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A proposal before the General Assembly would petition Congress to call a convention of states that would entertain constitutional amendments that, if enacted by the convention, would be sent to state legislatures for ratification.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States could have a constitutional balanced budget amendment within a year, if enough states back a process spelled out by the group Compact for America.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld as constitutional the Marriage Amendments in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Sixth Circuit's ruling almost ensures that the United States Supreme Court will hear the issue.
Published: Friday, November 7th, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark Harris is closely associated with the state constitutional amendment passed in May 2012 defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mark Levin, who wrote an excellent book "The Liberty Amendments" to urge states to call for an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments to restore the federal government back to some sort of constitutional limits, calls Nullifiers "kooks."
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 11:58 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The latest Civitas Poll shows more North Carolina voters voting against than supporting a proposed state constitutional amendment to repeal the requirement that voters must be able to read and write a section of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2013 @ 3:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina taxpayers would receive a tax relief refund when state revenues exceed 5 percent of budgeted amounts under a state constitutional amendment proposed by Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Backing up comments promising North Carolina would remain the "least unionized state in the United States," Speaker of the House Thom Tillis has sponsored a bill that would place on the November 2014 ballot constitutional amendments limiting union organizing.
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 @ 6:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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