After months of controversy involving his job status East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton has announced his resignation He'll collect a severance package of nearly Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes Staton's decision and the implications for the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors The U S Supreme Court ruled last year that unions representing state government workers couldn't force nonmembers to pay union dues The winning plaintiff in that case Mark Janus continues his fight against forced unionization Now a senior fellow with the Liberty Justice Center Janus recently visited North Carolina to discuss his case and [... more]

Legal scholars of all political stripes are assessing the relative merits of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next justice of the U S Supreme Court Considering arguments from conservatives libertarians free-speech advocates and fair-minded liberals Jon Guze is inclined to support Kavanaugh's nomination Director of legal studies at the John Locke Foundation Guze explains why assessments of experts from a range of political perspectives convince him that Kavanaugh would make a good addition to the nation's highest court Facebook has faced some major political blows in recent months N C State University political scientist Andrew Taylor analyzes Facebook's recent controversy [... more]

One coastal North Carolina county is fed up with solar energy operations Currituck County commissioners have enacted a moratorium on new solar operations Carolina Journal recently highlighted the commissioners' concerns Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson highlights key points from the Carolina Journal report Some advocates are pushing North Carolina to engage in mens rea reform Mens rea is Latin for guilty mind The idea is that some state laws especially those linked to regulations do not specify that a person should have an intent to do harm before they can be charged with a crime Joe Luppino-Esposito policy analyst for Right on [... more]

Efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare took a recent step forward with a proposal from U S House Republicans But the GOP plan has generated mixed reviews with some conservatives labeling the proposal Obamacare Lite Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy analyzes the proposal and offers her own ideas about the best way to approach health care reform The N C Constitution is generating plenty of headlines these days with near-constant skirmishes pitting a new Democratic governor and the Republican-led General Assembly John Dinan professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Wake [... more]