Jack Denton sat down with the Carolina Journal to reflect on his federal case and look forward to the future.
North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis introduced two bills Tuesday geared toward issues caused by illegal immigration, which remains the most important issue for voters in most polls, including Carolina Journal’s most recent poll.
A white male executive fired from Novant Health in North Carolina in a diversity-related corporate shakeup in 2018 can collect back pay, based on a ruling Tuesday from a federal Appeals Court. But David Duvall cannot collect punitive damages. A jury initially awarded him $10 million.
A federal Appeals Court judge issued her concerns Monday about practices within the US attorney’s office in Eastern North Carolina. Her concurring opinion in a federal firearms case calls attention to the office’s “concerning conduct.”
The first sentence of the US Constitution’s First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion[.]” This is known as the “Establishment Clause,” and to say it has long generated controversy is an understatement. The Establishment Clause has been interpreted so that states, and all other governmental entities (not merely...
Delegates from around the country, almost all of whom were state officials, arrived in a steamy legislative chamber 237 years ago. They were sent by their respective states to Philadelphia with the charge to “render the federal constitution adequate for the exigencies of the Union.” Fresh from their revolutionary and victorious fight for freedom from...
As the days grow closer to the opening of a Cherokee Indian-planned marijuana superstore in western North Carolina, the state’s Republican U.S. senators have questions about how communities in the state will be kept safe.
Wednesday night’s State of the Union speech from US President Joe Biden was a loud one. Between the president’s effort to reclaim the room and the alternating cheering and heckling from the US House chamber, the temperature in the room escalated throughout the one-hour speech and the 30 minutes of Biden circulating among lawmakers afterwards....
As the United States grapples with a staggering national debt surpassing $34 trillion, which grows by further trillions every year, it’s imperative to address the root cause of this fiscal irresponsibility. Over the past century, we’ve witnessed a concerning trajectory, with the federal debt ballooning from $403 billion in 1923 to a staggering $33.17 trillion...
With the primary elections wrapped up Tuesday night, let’s take a look at some of the key GOP primaries for US House. Current Congressional Republicans cruise: Greg Murphy (NC-3), Virginia Foxx (NC-5), David Rouzer (NC-7), Richard Hudson (NC-9), and Chuck Edwards (NC-11) all faced little or nominal opposition in the primaries and the General Election...
North Carolina Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis will host the family of Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel at President Joe Biden’s State of Union Address on Thursday.
