Liberty
Trump gets DOGE win from 4th Circuit
Susie Moore writes for RedState.com about a significant legal win for the Trump administration’s anti-waste efforts.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
current United States federal appellate court
Liberty
SCOTUS must address basic issues in women’s sports cases
Editors at National Review Online ponder one of the US Supreme Court’s latest high-profile cases. In a properly functioning constitutional republic, the Supreme Court’s job is reading legal texts; matters…
Research Brief
Energy
MVP Southgate gets a key state permit after years of denials
After years of denials and delays, on Nov. 13 the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate project finally received 401 Water Quality Certification (WCQ) from the North Carolina Department of Environmental…
Liberty
John Locke Foundation Welcomes Brian Mullis as Vice President of Development and Jeanette Doran as Senior Counsel
RALEIGH – The John Locke Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Mullis as its new Vice President of Development. Mullis brings extensive experience in strategic philanthropic partnerships…
Law & Public Safety
Why won’t the Supreme Court enforce its Second Amendment precedents?
So-called “assault weapons,” including particularly AR-15s and similar lightweight semiautomatic rifles, have long been the target of gun control legislation. As I have explained in the past, the Supreme Court’s 2008…
Elections & Public Integrity
NC media’s focus on the Griffin case misses the bigger impact in State Board of Elections appointment decision
With the actions of the North Carolina Court of Appeals this week, the appointment authority of the state board of elections moves from the governor to the state auditor as…
Energy
Power Plays: How an Activist Bureaucracy Obstructs NC’s Energy Future, and What to Do About It
From the outset, North Carolina utilities law has required electricity provision to be least-cost and reliable. Consumers have expected nothing less. In recent years, legislators passed the Carbon Plan law…
Liberty
Gaming the judicial system on Trump’s DEI order
Margot Cleveland of the Federalist critiques efforts to block the Trump administration’s DEI order in court. A group of plaintiffs asked a federal judge on Saturday to vacate the injunction…
Elections & Public Integrity
Breaking down the Griffin Campaign Protests
While there has been significant coverage of the election protests for the North Carolina Supreme Court election in both state and national news, the coverage has been chiefly topline and…
Liberty
Allowing Virginia to Block Noncitizen Voting
Editors at the Washington Examiner offer free advice to the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court should decide immediately to allow Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) to take the logical and…
Law & Public Safety
Fourth Circuit Continues to Defy Supreme Court over Maryland’s Assault Weapons Ban
So called “assault weapons,” including particularly AR-15s and similar lightweight semi-automatic rifles, have long been the target of gun control legislation. The Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller should…
Research Brief
Liberty
Locke to Supreme Court: “Give the Fourth Circuit a Well-Deserved Bench Slap”
In 2008, the United States Supreme Court made it clear for the first time that the Second Amendment protects the right of private individuals to keep and bear weapons that…