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2 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
North Carolina’s highest court attracted national attention with its recent decision in the case of a 14-year-old who was forced to take the COVID vaccine. With a 5-2 vote, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on March 21 that Tanner Smith and his mother, Emily Happel, can pursue claims that the forced vaccination in 2021 violated their state constitutional rights. […]
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3 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
Most classic rock fans know the line: “Meet the new boss — same as the old boss.” The Who’s memorable words recently came to mind as I listened to North Carolina’s new governor. He was parroting his predecessor’s plan to freeze state tax rates. North Carolina’s flat individual income tax rate dropped from 4.75% in 2023 to 4.5% last year. […]
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4 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
Ever since his entry into the 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump has occupied his own space in American politics. No other figure generates the same response from the electorate. Not even Trump’s closest allies. The most recent Carolina Journal Poll provides more evidence that Trump stands alone. The March 9-10 survey of 615 likely general election voters in North Carolina […]
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
Donald Trump’s return to the White House thrust tariffs back into the public spotlight. The president has targeted tariffs at both friendly and adversarial trading partners. Reaction to Trump’s plans tends to follow predictable political fault lines surrounding the 47th president. Democrats who had been relatively silent about tariffs in recent years — including Biden administration tariff increases finalized as […]
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2 months ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
Names have changed at the top of North Carolina’s executive branch and one of its two legislative chambers. Yet that doesn’t mean the end of legal battles pitting the top executive against top lawmakers. After a series of courtroom cases titled Cooper v. Berger in recent years, North Carolinians should anticipate new skirmishes called Stein v. Hall. Josh Stein succeeded […]
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2 months ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
The ongoing legal battle over a seat on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has generated plenty of heated rhetoric. Critics have labeled Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s election challenges “anti-democratic.” They’ve accused him of trying to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters. The high court’s leader isn’t buying the spin. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby, a fellow Republican, recently considered […]
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2 months ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai
Legal battles pitting the Atlantic Coast Conference against two member schools have attracted attention primarily on the sports page. But the disputes raise questions extending beyond stadiums and arenas. A dozen state attorneys general and North Carolina’s leading business lobbying group have added arguments to the court record. The cases’ outcomes could affect business operations in North Carolina for years […]
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
dailyadvance.com | Mitch Kokai
A new year with a new resident in North Carolina’s Executive Mansion produces plenty of questions about the future course of state public policy. Among the most interesting: How will new Gov. Josh Stein use his veto stamp? How will legislative Democrats respond to a veto from the new chief executive? kAm~FE8@:?8 v@G] #@J r@@A6C G6E@65 `_c 3:==D[ 2? 2G6C286 @7 `b 2 J62C 5FC:?8 9:D EH@ E6C>D :? @77:46] u@C 4@?E6IE[ E96 AC6G:@FD 7@FC }@CE9 r2C@=:?2 8@G6C?@CD G6E@65 2 E@E2= @7 bd 3:==D :?
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
johnlocke.org | Mitch Kokai
James Lynch writes for National Review Online about good news for government efficiency. Senator Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) quietly scored an early victory for those seeking to make the federal government more efficient under President-elect Donald Trump.Ernst secured a requirement in the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 to have the General Services Administration sell off the Wilbur J.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
johnlocke.org | Mitch Kokai
Jeffrey Blehar of National Review Online critiques Joe Biden’s final address to the nation as president. And at the end of it all, with this humiliatingly garbled ramble that read like the sort of delusional self-exculpatory fantasy his caretaker wife might whisper consolingly into his ear, Biden concluded his career much as he began it over half a century ago: as a venal, petty-souled fool in denial about his own limitations and failures. (We learned nothing … that we didn’t already know.
