On this week's edition of The Outlaw Lawyer attorneys Josh Whitaker Joe Hamer and Cassandra Nicholas get into the latest hot topics from the legal world Performer Singer Ed Sheeran is being sued for copyright infringement Gerrymandering making the program this week Listener questions are always interesting so we will get to some of those as well If you have a legal situation and need answers you can always call Whitaker amp Hamer law Firm - - Law Legal Lawsuit Sue Court Trial Lawyer Attorney See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Dr Andy Jackson from the Civitas Center to discuss the status of two U S Supreme Court cases that will address North Carolina's redistricting and election process [... more]

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This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr Andy Jackson to discuss North Carolina's recent and complicated redistricting process and explain how our new legislative and congressional districts could impact the upcoming election [... more]

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The Outlaw Lawyers Josh Whitaker Joe Hamer discus the Texas heartbeat Abortion Law update the Leandro case and NAACP vs Moore get's a look Legal movies start a fun discussion that will involve a bracket competition soon If you have a legal question of your own please contact Whitaker and Hamer Law Firm - - See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

North Carolina welcomes a new state superintendent of public instruction in Republican Catherine Truitt will take the job after serving as leader of the online-only Western Governors University in this state Truitt also served as former Republican Gov Pat McCrory's top education adviser Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar assesses Truitt's top priorities in her job at the head of the N C Department of Public Instruction Mention the word environmentalism and many people will think of left-of-center activists who oppose development energy exploration and other economic activity But a recent article in the [... more]

With the N C General Assembly wrapping up work for the year now is a good time to review some of the year's victories for the freedom movement Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president focuses on advances in taxes spending regulation education choice and criminal law reform She also places this year's events in the broader context of changes seen since Republicans took over the legislature at the beginning of the decade Medicine continues to make major advances But most of those advances involve new treatments for diseases We've seen very few cures in recent years Rep Jim [... more]

A three-judge panel has upheld the latest version of North Carolina's state House and Senate election maps But the same panel has tossed the congressional election map Now state lawmakers will need to redraw that map quickly for the state to open up candidate filing as scheduled in December Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief discusses the latest developments in North Carolina's redistricting dispute State lawmakers continue to pursue a process that could lead to a complete rewrite of North Carolina's criminal code Rep Dennis Riddell R-Alamance has played a leading role in that process Riddell discusses the latest legislation designed [... more]

North Carolina has been dealing with the Leandro school funding lawsuit for years But recent developments suggest a resolution to the long-running case could be in sight Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies analyzes the latest recommendations and courtroom developments in the Leandro dispute Some state lawmakers want to give survivors of childhood sexual abuse more time to take their alleged abusers to civil court You'll hear highlights from a recent N C House debate over a bill that would allow an adult as old as to file suit in a child [... more]

North Carolina has been able to cut tax rates in recent years without having to slash state services That's thanks to sustainable budget practices Joseph Coletti John Locke Foundation senior fellow outlines several key steps lawmakers have taken to pursue sustainable budgets When Margaret Spellings wrapped up her tenure as president of the University of North Carolina System she offered the Board of Governors a positive assessment of UNC's current state Shannon Watkins policy associate at the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal says Spellings and other university leaders might be viewing UNC through rose-colored glasses Watkins explains why [... more]

With the appointments of new Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and Associate Justice Mark Davis the N C Supreme Court now has six Democrats and just one Republican Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the political implications of changes within the state's highest court Henderson also looks ahead to three contested Supreme Court elections in Donald Trump has changed the face of presidential politics He's also had an impact on the national Republican Party F H Buckley professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University assesses those changes in his recent book The Republican Workers Party Buckley shares [... more]

North Carolina's newly reconstituted state elections board ordered a new election in North Carolina's th Congressional District after a four-day hearing into absentee ballot irregularities Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the board's decision and looks ahead to the next stage in the th District dispute During the heated debate over the last U S Supreme Court confirmation critics argued that Brett Kavanaugh represented a threat to the Constitution Greg Wallace professor at the Campbell University Law School examines those claims Wallace assesses now-Justice Kavanaugh's likely impact on the nation's highest court U S Rep Walter Jones died recently at [... more]

With legal battles over congressional redistricting and state constitutional amendments resolved for now North Carolina's election ballot is now set for November Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief discusses the key issues voters will be addressing in this so-called blue moon election with no presidential gubernatorial or U S Senate race Critics of school voucher programs often point to history They say vouchers arose from segregationists' efforts to fight school integration Phillip Magness senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research says the actual history is much more complicated Magness explains that the earliest supporters of school vouchers often [... more]

Carolina Journal has spent more than years exposing government boondoggles CJ recently revisited two of the most prominent ill-fated projects that left taxpayers on the hook Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson discusses the -year anniversary of the failed Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids and the -year anniversary of the disappointing Global TransPark surrounding the Kinston Airport America faces numerous foreign policy and national security threats Van Hipp tracks them as chairman of American Defense International Inc During a recent visit to Raleigh Hipp spelled out his key concerns about interlocking threats from North Korea radical Islam and other sources The term [... more]

Devastation in Texas linked to Hurricane Harvey and the threat of East Coast damage from Hurricane Irma helped lead to higher prices at N C gas pumps State officials also invoked North Carolina's price-gouging law Roy Cordato John Locke Foundation senior economist and resident scholar explains why the law ignores the laws of economics He explains the link between price-gouging restrictions and gasoline shortages While U S Supreme Court justices enjoy a brief break in their work Ilya Shapiro is busy analyzing the court's work from the past year Shapiro is senior fellow in constitutional studies at the libertarian Cato [... more]

North Carolina lawmakers have adjourned their regular long session but that doesn't mean they have finished work for the year They plan to return to Raleigh in early August and again in September Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief explains why lawmakers have planned to return to work at least a couple more times in He'll also preview their legislative agenda Members of the General Assembly tend to be older than the state's general population But a handful of lawmakers younger than have decided to form a new group It's called the North Carolina Future Caucus It will take a bipartisan [... more]

The U S Supreme Court has struck down congressional election maps North Carolina used in and The justices agreed - with a lower court that ruled two of the election districts were unconstitutional cases of racial gerrymandering Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief assesses the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling for the future of North Carolina elections American presidents have dealt with disasters since the nation's earliest days But changes in society including expectations of presidential action and the development of a news cycle have changed the White House's approach to those disasters Presidential historian Tevi Troy documents disaster management [... more]