Just within the last couple of weeks, we have seen a number of cases and/or decisions with important implications within our state: The evil of judicial activism remains alive and well. Conservative majorities at the state and national levels do not completely protect us from the damage these judges can […]
Category: Judicial Activism
Roy Cooper’s “Social Justice” Supreme Court Picks
His appointment of Allison Riggs represents the second state supreme court justice who had previously worked for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice– the leftist activist legal group. The other is Justice Anita Earls who recently has been the object of a major inquiry regarding possible judicial misconduct.
Two Huge Decisions from the State Supreme Court
The rulings reverse activist decisions made when the socialists controlled the NC State Supreme Court. Voter ID is once again legal, as long as other challenges are also resolved. And so is partisan gerrymandering. One point of clarification. Partisan gerrymandering was legal in North Carolina for many, many years when […]
Cooper Blows a Gasket
Via Carolina Plott Hound: The North Carolina Supreme Court, until a month or so ago, was controlled by the socialists. It delivered two highly controversial decisions– throwing out the constitutional amendment passed by voters to institute voter ID; and also throwing out redistricting passed by Republicans in the General Assembly. […]
Activist NC Supreme Court’s Swan Song: Justice Ervin Just Like his Grandfather
The socialist-controlled NC Supreme Court issued a couple of activist decisions late last week regarding Voter ID and NC Senate redistricting. In a couple of weeks, the court will be under Republican control because of the elections last month. The citizens of the state of NC had passed a constitutional […]
US Supreme Court Considers North Carolina Congressional Gerrymandering Case
The Carolina Journal has two good articles about deliberations at the US Supreme Court today. Recall that the socialists picked up a large number of congressional seats in North Carolina one month ago because our state Supreme Court had mandated new districts. The socialists on the state’s high court had […]