Baiting someone to click on an irrelevant article may be a small victory, but it's a bad long-term strategy. Because some of the those who click may never click again.
A federal judge has dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union’s federal lawsuit against North Carolina’s anti-riot law. State Attorney General Josh Stein and three local district attorneys targeted by the suit had asked for the dismissal.
The John Locke Foundation, NC Chamber, and NC Farm Bureau all hope the North Carolina Supreme Court will choose to reform the way state courts address the legal issue of “administrative deference.” The groups filed separate friend-of-the-court briefs Wednesday in a case challenging the dismissal of Winston-Salem State University professor Alvin Mitchell.
A federal lawsuit challenging Asheville’s decision to ban local activists from using city parks is near a settlement. A notice filed Tuesday in US District Court prompted a judge in the case to cancel a hearing that had been scheduled later this week.
The now-famous standard of “actual malice,” derived from the US Supreme Court’s Sullivan decision, has its roots in the decisions of 19th-century state courts like the NC Supreme Court.
If the section of the bill repealing the medical-use exemption is deleted when House and Senate versions are reconciled, the result will be a sensible and appropriate response to the protests.
This law ONLY applies to people wearing mask while committing crimes. Even Cooper's DHHS noted, "removal of the explicit exception does not open anyone up to prosecution."
Senate passes legislation to protect against sexual extortion.
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted Monday to reallocate $2.3 million of taxpayer and trust fund money from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs at the university to public safety.
In recent weeks, pro-Palestinian protests have roiled college campuses nationwide. In many instances, protests led to encampments, which in some instances resulted in takeovers of university grounds, facilities, and buildings. Thus far, North Carolina’s colleges and universities have been spared the worst effects of the protests and rioting, thanks in no small part to quick...
On Wednesday, the NC House of Representatives passed HB 942, the SHALOM Act, in a bipartisan vote of 105-4, one week after it was filed by House Speaker Tim Moore.
