Elections & Public Integrity
Law & Public Safety
Through research and policy proposals, Locke supports the protection of the public and the right to self-defense. Unfortunately, issues like overcriminalization and asset seizure have caused public safety to stray from that vital responsibility.
Elections & Public Integrity
Beasley’s Past Association with Defund the Police Advocacy Group Comes Back to Bite Her
The Washington Free Beacon reported this week that: The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Republican Senate nominee Ted Budd. The decision comes as a rebuff…
Law & Public Safety
Biden Rejects “Defund the Police”
More cops means less crime.
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Money-Obsessed Leandro Lobby Comes Clean
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Leandro case on August 31. Chants of “cut the check” and “let the money go” during Every Child NC’s…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls Should Recuse Herself from the Leandro Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear the latest appeal in the long-running Leandro education funding lawsuit in August. A recusal motion against Justice Phil Berger Jr. relies on the…
Research Brief
Education
Keeping North Carolina Schoolchildren Safe
State lawmakers have approved over $500 million in school safety funding since 2013, and Gov. Pat McCrory created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools that year. According to a…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Intensive Community Policing Can Save the Lives of Black Children
Street violence has claimed the lives of far too many innocent Black children, and the current spike in violent crime makes the problem worse. Deploying more police officers to act…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Despite the Timing, Intensive Community Policing Should Have Wide Appeal
The current spike in homicides and other violent crime has created an urgent need for more and better policing. Unfortunately, the lingering effects of the anti-police hysteria that swept the…
Law & Public Safety
SCOTUS Leak Jeopardizes the Court’s Integrity
Yesterday, Politico published a draft opinion for the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and today the court confirmed that the leaked document is genuine. The issue…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
What Does Intensive Community Policing Entail?
Intensive community policing will be expensive. Attracting a sufficient number of well-qualified police officers will require higher pay scales, and providing those officers with the necessary training, direction, and support…
Law & Public Safety
Important Legal News for All You Fantasy Baseball Fans
The Institute for Justice has posted a report about a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Disgruntled fantasy baseball players sue Major League Baseball,…
Law & Public Safety
Tillis Calls out Dark Money Investment into US Supreme Court Nomination
This week, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis made national headlines during the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings. Tillis asked hard-hitting questions of Jackson, bringing up her rulings on early prison…
Education
Replacing Leandro judge was the right call
We do not know why North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby used his legal authority to assign oversight of the Leandro v. State of North Carolina case to…