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Law & Public Safety
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.
Law & Public Safety
Before They Vote to Involuntarily Disqualify Two of Their Fellow Justices, the Members of the North Carolina Supreme Court Should Read this Old Memo by Justice Scalia
In 2004, Justice Scalia refused to recuse himself from CHENEY v. UNITED STATES DIST. COURT FOR D. C. In the memorandum explaining his decision, Scalia provides a helpful explanation of why…
Health Care
John Locke Foundation Files Brief in a Case Challenging North Carolina’s Certificate-of-Need Law
Under North Carolina law, health care providers who wish to open or expand facilities, buy various kinds of new equipment, or in some cases simply treat more patients, must first…
Elections & Public Integrity
Ploy To Disenfranchise Millions of N.C. Voters Should Be Dismissed
November 4, 2021 RALEIGH – North Carolina’s leading voices for constitutional government, election integrity, and the rule of law have filed an amicus brief in NAACP v. Moore, urging the…
Law & Public Safety
C.S. Lewis’ prescient warning for our times
Statists peddling mandates as freedom would give the subservient a day pass “to be human again,” call it “freedom,” and denigrate actual freedom should anyone remember the normal normal. C.S.…
Law & Public Safety
Infamous Dred Scott Ruling Could Have Implications in Gun Case
David Kopel writes for the Federalist about an important element of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest gun case. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in New York…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending November 1
This past week about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Law & Public Safety
IN BOX: Speaker Tim Moore Responds To Cooper’s Veto of Emergency Powers Bill
Late Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed House Bill 264, which “would have required that the governor receive concurrence from the 10-member elected Council of State for an emergency declaration of more…
Law & Public Safety
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on Gov. Roy Cooper issuing a veto to block a bill limiting his emergency powers. Dallas Woodhouse’s CJ Opinion ponders whether state Supreme Court Justice Robin…
Law & Public Safety
Locke’d & Loaded: Women & Blacks Lead the Surge In Gun Ownership
Wondering who and what is driving the surge in new gun purchases? Locke CEO Amy Cooke is Locke’d & Loaded with the story. Get informed in 90 seconds.
Education
WRAL school mask report: Dog bites man in Harnett County
WRAL tried to make viewers think "mob mentality" rather than "experts' opinion" was responsible for Harnett Co. schools making masks optional. A few weeks later, WRAL decided to check back…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 25
This past week over 99.7% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Education
There’s a Wrong Way to Fight Progressive Indoctrination in Schools
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online highlights a flawed approach toward fighting indoctrination in public schools. When it comes to exposing the illegitimacy of the administrative state, Columbia Law School…