Final opinion day exposes N.C. Supreme Court’s divisions
The seven justices agreed unanimously in just one of 27 cases decided on Dec. 16.
The seven justices agreed unanimously in just one of 27 cases decided on Dec. 16.
A former U.S. solicitor general from the Obama administration spelled our a "clear, correct standard" that could strike down N.C. courts' actions in a redistricting dispute.
Most clients in food truck lawsuits operate trucks themselves. A new suit in Jacksonville features a plaintiff barred from hosting a food truck on her private property.
Plaintiffs working the Institute for Justice have filed a lawsuit against food truck restrictions in Jacksonville, North Carolina. IJ attorney Bob Belden explains the case.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, describes North Carolina’s Moore v. Harper congressional redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Kokai offered these comments during a Dec. 6, 2022, appearance on One America News Network.
One of America's leading historians highlights founding-era concerns about judges playing politics.
Jeanette Doran, president and general counsel of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, rebuts arguments about the Independent State Legislature Doctrine, a concept tied to North Carolina’s Moore v. Harper redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Focusing on the purported problems of the Independent State Legislature theory, observers miss the actual dispute in North Carolina's redistricting case.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses issues N.C. families might discuss at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Kokai offered these comments during the Nov. 24, 2022, edition of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.”
Those lamenting the potential reversal of the recent Leandro ruling ignore the case's radical break from precedent.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, assesses the performance of election polls in the 2022 midterms. Kokai offered these comments during the Nov. 16, 2022, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
Critics of North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program tried to disguise their legal attack against OSP. Two appellate judges saw through the disguise.