Liberty
New study counteracts SCOTUS media narrative
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about a new analysis of the nation’s highest court. America’s propaganda media have used a litany of dishonest smears to try and undermine the…
Precedent
principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court
Liberty
Time for SCOTUS to Dump Chevron
Editors at National Review Online explain how the U.S. Supreme Court could make a major positive step in scaling back government power. The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday morning in…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Questions and answers about the NC Supreme Court races
When you go to the polls, or when you fill out your absentee ballots, remember that the NC Supreme Court justices you choose will be able to exercise more power over you…
Law & Public Safety
National Review editors take aim at the chief justice
Editors at National Review Online share their displeasure about U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts‘ recent rulings. The Constitution does not prohibit Louisiana from requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges in…
Elections & Public Integrity
Forget Redistricting Rules, We Need New Referees
North Carolina has been embroiled in a decades-long redistricting saga since the late twentieth century. After each new map is drawn, a slew of litigation ensues that takes up significant…
Law & Public Safety
Near unanimity — and bad news for lower courts — in latest batch of N.C. Supreme Court opinions
The N.C. Supreme Court issued not a single dissent today in its latest batch of nine opinions. The seven justices agreed unanimously in eight cases. In the ninth case, Justice…
Liberty
Obama precedent could hurt California’s sanctuary efforts
David French of National Review Online explains how the Obama administration paved the way for the federal government’s new legal action against California politicians. American political parties have an enduring…
Law & Public Safety
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on a national expert’s warning to N.C. lawmakers about the potential danger of an electromagnetic pulse attack. The Daily Journal focuses on the…
Law & Public Safety
Better than Scalia?
Bruce Riley Ashford writes at FoxNews.com about new Justice Neil Gorsuch‘s potential impact on the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch’s nomination was one of the most significant actions of the Trump…
Education
Leef’s latest Forbes column tackles the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friedrichs case
George Leef devotes his latest Forbes column to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent hearing in the Friedrichs case. The plaintiffs, teachers in California public schools, challenge the constitutionality of a…
Law & Public Safety
A wider range of experience on the nation’s highest court
Yale constitutional law professor Akhil Reed Amar believes the Affordable Care Act is “easily and obviously constitutional.” His article in the latest issue of The Atlantic appears to be aimed…
Liberty
Precedent
The Polk County Board of Commissioners is going to refund participation fees to at least one church after waiving $60,000 for Green River Baptist Church when a water line was…