The full 15-member 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals displayed clear divisions Wednesday when considering Maryland’s law banning the AR-15 rifle and other guns described as assault weapons. The case prompted a friend-of-the-court brief from the John Locke Foundation this month at the nation’s highest court.
Federal judges have agreed to consolidate two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new election maps. State legislative leaders had requested the consolidation. Plaintiffs in both cases had opposed the request.
North Carolina Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis joined a bipartisan contingent of senators on Friday urging Qatar to step up the pressure in negotiations with Hamas for the release of 134 hostages, including 8 Americans, with one of them being Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel.
A federal judge has rejected an injunction for an expelled University of North Carolina student who says the university botched a sexual assault investigation against him. The student is pursuing the lawsuit under the pseudonym Jacob Doe.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats rejected a bill one day after it was introduced by Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd-NC and Katie Britt-AL, that was named for the 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student who was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant last month.
A federal judge has set a July 22 trial date for a lawsuit challenging portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law. Previous court filings suggest the judge could decide the case's outcome without ever holding a trial.
The John Locke Foundation has helped file a friend-of-the-court brief at the nation’s highest court in a case challenging Maryland gun restrictions. Second Amendment supporters filed a petition on Feb. 8 asking the US Supreme Court to take the case, Bianchi v. Brown, before the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals could issue a ruling.
Tillis and Hudson respond to the announcement that Greensboro ICF is to become operational.
Walker withdraws from the CD-06 race making McDowell the official Republican nominee.
A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit challenging the state’s photo voter identification law. The decision paves the way for a May 6 trial.
Republican North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, along with Sen. Katie Britt, R-AL, introduced a bill Wednesday named for the 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student who was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant/alien last month.
