Category Archives: LEGAL

#NCGA Proposes Building Rules Changes

Posted on May 15, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The NC General Assembly is proposing some rule changes to for the legislative building and legislative office building areas. This is most likely in response to Moral Monday and the description by Judge Nancy Hamilton that the NCGA’s building’s ‘vague’ rules.

Obviously a response to the #MoralMonday protests, GOP #NCGA proposes new rules on how to behave at Capitol. http://t.co/cFzAOfZ9Xb #NCpol

— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) May 15, 2014

Those ‘vague’ rules have been in place and not revamped since 1987. Up until Moral Monday, there had been no problems with the rules and many protests had taken place — without arrests. Continue reading →

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James Everett Dutschke Changes Plea…AGAIN

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Liberty Speaks

In the category of you just can’t make this stuff up, James Dutschke has once again made headlines in Mississippi.

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About That Wake Cty District Attorney Race…

Posted on May 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

For those of you paying attention to the primary shenanigans going on in North Carolina this year, the quality Democrat candidates I’ve covered and the series I’ve been doing on various judicial races, this item will fit right in. I briefly touched on this race, but had not really dug into it properly. So, here’s some digging in.

It’s been called to my attention that one of the candidates for Wake County District Attorney who is registered as a Republican has a history of supporting Democrats. Jeff Cruden has voted Democrat in no less than 6 primary elections Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Rules In Favor of Prayer Before Council Meetings

Posted on May 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

A story about a ruling from the Supreme Court that has NC ramifications: Supreme Court: Opening prayers at council meetings constitutional

Excerpt:

The Supreme Court has upheld the right of local officials to open town council meetings with prayer, ruling that this does not violate the Constitution even if the prayers routinely stress Christianity.

The court said in a 5-4 decision Monday that the content of the prayers is not critical as long as officials make a good-faith effort at inclusion.

The ruling was a victory for the town of Greece, N.Y., outside of Rochester.

“The prayer opportunity in this case must be evaluated against the backdrop of historical practice,” the majority wrote in its opinion. “As a practice that has long endured, legislative prayer has become part of our heritage and tradition, part of our expressive idiom, similar to the Pledge of Allegiance, inaugural prayer, or the recitation of ‘God save the United States and this honorable Court’ at the opening of this Court’s sessions.”

That’s a big win for various embattled state and local meetings under attack for opening their meetings with a prayer. For example in North Carolina, take Rowan county where “certain types of prayer were no longer welcome.” This ruling by the SCOTUS must be a real blow to the ACLU and ACLU of NC who filed the suit to stop the prayers in Rowan. Cue sad trombone. Continue reading →

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NC Court of Appeals Races – PT 2

Posted on April 30, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Due to reader demand, in addition to the Supreme Court races, I am supplying highlights and information on the Court of Appeals races. To quickly recap, there are three seats to run for in the Court of Appeals, however, one candidate has the distinction of running unopposed: Donna Stroud. That means we have two other races to look at:

Judge Robert C. Hunter’s Seat
Judge Mark A. Davis’s Seat

Yesterday we looked at the Hunter seat, today we turn to the Davis race. Judge Mark. A. Davis is running for reelection and Judge Paul Holcombe III is challenging. We’ll start with the challenger first this time. Continue reading →

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NC Court Of Appeals Races – Pt 1

Posted on April 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Changing lanes from the Supreme Court, here are some highlights and information on the Court of Appeals races. There are three seats to run for in the Court of Appeals, however, one candidate has the distinction of running unopposed: Donna Stroud. That leaves two other races to look at:
Judge Robert C. Hunter’s Seat
Judge Mark A. Davis’s Seat
We’ll check out the first race in this installment. A second article will cover the Davis seat. Continue reading →

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