The scandal surrounding former N.C. First Lady Mary Easley?s contract at N.C. State University exposed another issue that has raised red flags for good-government advocates: so-called ?retreat rights? for university administrators who leave their jobs. Jane Shaw will discuss that topic in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Jeanette Doran of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law will join us to discuss the significance of a recent court ruling that North Carolina lawyers cannot be forced to pay for judicial election campaigns. We?ll also learn why some state lawmakers want to rewrite the rules for state contracts.

Troy Kickler of the N.C. History Project will discuss recent developments in the efforts to compensate people sterilized as part of North Carolina?s government-sponsored eugenics program. And HansMarc Hurd from a new U.S. Army unit in Garner will offer some thoughts about the recent Iranian presidential election.