Displaying items by tag: amendment
Legislators, Stein submit briefs defending N.C. voter ID law
RALEIGH — North Carolina's 2018 voter ID law complies with the state constitution and should survive a legal challenge. That's according to briefs submitted in the N.C. Supreme Court from state legislative leaders and the N.C. Justice Department.
State Supreme Court agrees to fast-track case against N.C. voter ID law
RALEIGH — The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter ID law. The high court's decision removes the case from the state Court of Appeals and places it on a faster track for final resolution.
State Supreme Court debates future of voter ID, tax cap amendments
RALEIGH — The fate of two approved amendments to North Carolina's Constitution now sits in the hands of the state Supreme Court. The court spent an hour Monday morning questioning lawyers who argued for and against the amendments.
Medical marijuana, expanding Medicaid on agenda when lawmakers return for 2022 short session this spring
RALEIGH — The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Justices Barringer, Berger confirm they will hear N.C. constitutional amendments case
RALEIGH — N.C. Supreme Court Justices Tamara Barringer and Phil Berger Jr. confirmed late Friday afternoon that they will take part in a high-profile case involving two challenged amendments to the N.C. Constitution.
Proposed amendment aims to protect right to grow your own food
RALEIGH — Do you know where your food comes from? Aside from saying Harris Teeter, Food Lion, or Wegman’s, it is an important question to many North Carolinians.
OPINION: The case for amending the state constitution — again
As conservatives, we cannot overstate the importance of both the U.S. and North Carolina constitutions. Those documents set the framework for our government, with any additional laws or regulations falling within those parameters. Our system of self-governance allows for those documents to be amended, and the time to do so is now for the state constitution.
OPINION: One state Supreme Court case could destroy the court for years to come
It would be outrageous.
It would be unprecedented.
It would damage the credibility and validity of North Carolina’s highest court for decades.
Voter ID, tax cap amendments case off the N.C. Supreme Court's calendar
RALEIGH — A lawsuit challenging N.C. constitutional amendments for voter identification and a lower state income tax cap has been removed from today's calendar of state Supreme Court oral arguments.
North Carolina state Rep. Ben Moss honored for term limits support
RALEIGH — North Carolina's state representative Ben Moss (district 66) was honored with a plaque for his support of term limits on Congress. U.S. Term Limits, the nation’s oldest and largest pro-term limits group, presented the distinction to Moss at the North Carolina capitol earlier this week.
