In 2008, the United States Supreme Court made it clear for the first time that the Second Amendment protects the right of private individuals to keep and bear weapons that…
That’s the title of an article that appeared this week at the Daily Sceptic. It presents a bleak but accurate picture of Scotland’s recent sad decline. Here’s an excerpt. The…
North Carolinians are worried about crime, and with good reason. Crime levels spiked in 2020 and 2021 and remain significantly higher than in previous years. Clearance rates, on the other…
In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls proposed a thought experiment in which the subject chooses a system of political economy from behind a “veil of ignorance.” There are several…
Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold…
North Carolina’s asset forfeiture regime includes provisions that protect innocent property owners and discourage abuse. The federal equitable sharing program allows North Carolina law enforcement agencies to circumvent those provisions.…
In a recent opinion, the Colorado Supreme Court found that Donald Trump is disqualified from serving a second presidential term under Section Three of the 14th Amendment. The case is now headed for the U.S.…
North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law harms patients, insurers, and taxpayers by making health care more expensive and less accessible. In a lawsuit currently before the North Carolina Supreme Court,…
To mark the day, I’m reposting the following, which orginally appeared in The Carolina Journal on September 17, 2020: The Left’s Long War on the Constitution The United States was…
Two democratically aligned advocacy organizations recently sent a letter to the election boards in ten states, including North Carolina. In the letter, Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund argue that Donald Trump is…
In a previous blogpost I reported on cancellations at two North Carolina educational institutions. Today I’m sorry to have to report on another. The victim in this case is Stephen Porter,…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a decision holding that the State of Colorado may not force a website developer to create websites for same-sex weddings. While many commentators…