A three-judge state Superior Court panel has accepted North Carolina's redrawn congressional election map This completes the state's most redistricting fight and sets the stage for elections Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the impact of court fights that forced Republican legislative leaders to redraw legislative and congressional election maps for the last election preceding a new national census The U S Constitution's First Amendment has come into conflict in recent years with state and local anti-discrimination laws Gregory Wallace Campbell University law professor assesses how this conflict has played out in recent legal disputes As the three-judge redistricting panel [... more]

On Memorial Day Weekend when we remember the sacrifices made by members of our military and their families to protect the unique individual liberties we enjoy in the United States such as freedom of religion and speech a new law euphemistically named the Equality Act already passed in the Democrat-majority House of Representatives would greatly suppress those liberties The Equality Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act the federal non-discrimination law which makes it illegal to discriminate because of the person's race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetic information Equal Employment Opportunity [... more]