Law & Public Safety
HB-2 Deja Vu?
In 2016, the Charlotte City Council approved an ordinance making it unlawful for private organizations to discriminate on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. As written, the…
Local ordinance
Law & Public Safety
SB 455, Decriminalize non-Statutory Offenses is a good idea
North Carolina’s criminal code is a mess. The sheer number of criminal laws and regulations are inaccessible and haphazardly organized so as to make it virtually impossible for regular citizens…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
North Carolina Takes Another Step Forward on Criminal Law Reform
Session Law 2019-198: Criminal Law Reform became law this month. It marks an important step forward for criminal law reform. But the bill that was signed into law looks much…
Regulation
A step forward on criminal law reform
On Monday night, the North Carolina Senate passed SB 584, a criminal law reform bill that represents an important step toward creating a more effective, efficient, and fair criminal justice…
Liberty
The end of the road for criminal ordinances?
What do off-leash dogs, screeching tires, and begging have in common? All three can earn you a criminal record in North Carolina. Last month, Professor Jessica Smith (UNC School of…
Liberty
Greensboro adopts rules on scooters
From the City of Greensboro website: The City Council adopted new rules regulating the use of standup electric scooters tonight. The new ordinances include rules for how riders should act…
Law & Public Safety
Carolina Beach Repeals Its Food Truck Ban
The town council made the change in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of food truck operators who were represented by the Institute for Justice. From the IJ…
Law & Public Safety
Rocky Mount Gentlemen’s Club Wins at the 4th Circuit
Here’s how Judge Wynn summarized the case in his opinion in American Entertainers, LLC v. Rocky Mount: Since 2002, American Entertainers has operated … a business known as “Gentleman’s Playground.”…
Liberty
Look to the rulebook for answers.
I’ve heard that HB2 is complicated. That it’s confusing, that no one knows what to do. Did Charlotte have the authority to enact the ordinance that started all this? Can…
Liberty
Target Should Welcome HB2
In a recent article entitled, “Target takes stand on transgender bathroom controversy,” CNN reported that: Target said Tuesday that transgender customers at its stores are welcome to use the bathroom that matches…
Regulation
Target exercises right it didn’t have under Charlotte Law
Target exercises right it didn’t have under Charlotte Law
Liberty
Summoning the Spirit of the Law
A common reason to retain a lawyer is to find ways to break the law and avoid punishment. Saith the Smoky Mountain News: The legislation that set up the framework…