legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Editors at the Washington Examiner explain why a nearly three-year-old COVID “emergency” must end. Despite already saying loud and clear that the pandemic was over last September, President Joe Biden…
This past week about 99.9% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along Covid-19 to anyone. Also, the seven-day rolling averages of hospitalizations and deaths remain at…
North Carolina’s state of emergency was set to expire today, April 5th. But given Gov. Roy Cooper’s actions last week, it is clear he is not ready to let the…
This past week 99.95% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Also, the seven-day rolling averages of hospitalizations and deaths are at their…
A new video from Pacific Legal Foundation highlights the problem of governors abusing their emergency powers. It’s a topic we’ve seen discussed frequently here in North Carolina, often by my…
This news release from N.C. Senate Republicans arrived this morning in my in box. Raleigh, N.C. – Yesterday members of the Joint Legislative Commission of Governmental Operations’ Subcommittee on Use and Distribution…
The recently enacted budget bill makes two badly needed changes to the Emergency Management Act (EMA) One of those changes ensures that the governor may only exercise extraordinary emergency powers…
Democrat Governor Roy Cooper has no plans to lift his over 600-day long State of Emergency, despite the consistent decline in Covid cases. Who wins? Health care entities, which gain…
North Carolina has been under a state of emergency for nearly a third of Roy Cooper’s tenure. Is this a successful governorship? Amy O. Cooke, “The Right AOC,” has some…
Ethan Yang reports for the American Institute of Economic Research about the latest edition to the ongoing, comprehensive study of world democracies by the V-Dem [Varieties of Democracy] Institute at…
Fred Bauer writes for City Journal about the impact of an ongoing COVID-inspired emergency. When John Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that they were about to enter a “community of…
Data from the CDC and state DHHS show that North Carolina has not been suffering excess deaths from Covid-19 since mid-March 2021. While Covid-19 is still out there, its effect…