Category: Law & Order

Richard Morgan &Thom Tillis ally Stephen Laroque INDICTED

Posted on July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) has been dogged by bad publicity about his private business dealings for a year. He barely lost his primary race in May. NOW, he’s been

Racial Justice Act rearing its head again, thanks to lawyers for convicted cop killers

Posted on July 7, 2012July 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Tilmon Golphin — convicted for the 1997 murders of two North Carolina lawmen — is appealing his death sentence via The Racial Justice Act of 2009. (For the record, the

OMG. (Is “she” STILL here???)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Lame Duck Bev — who polls show is THE MOST unpopular governor in these here United States — is trying HARD to prove she’s still relevant. She thought she

Roy Cooper: Talk about a missed opportunity

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

2012 is supposed to be a boon year for North Carolina Republicans — landing the Governor and Lt. Governor seats for the first time since 1988, as well

Waiting for Team Tillis to stand up and fight

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It is hard to understand the squeamishness on the part of Speaker Thom & the House leadership in today’s N&O re: voter id. Speaker Tillis and Rep. David Lewis say

Campaign 2012: crotch-punching returning to center-stage?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

This year’s gubernatorial campaign is looking more and more like an economic stimulus program for members of the state bar association. We’ve got the Pat McCrory campaign retaining lawyers to

Mentally incompetent? Here’s your ballot.

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Life in this state never ceases to amaze me. Our state government is absolutely amazing. Gaston Pridgen — Robeson County’s first elected GOP legislator EVER — is doing yeoman’s work

North Carolina’s ‘baby-mama drama’ : Will John Edwards — um — GET OFF?

Posted on May 29, 2012May 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

As a former journalist who has covered more than my fair share of trials — my experience has found that, the longer a jury deliberates, the better the chances are

A Charlotte Observer op-ed, a bunch of attorneys, and gay marriage. (Grab a seat. Get comfy. Pass the popcorn.)

Posted on May 16, 2012May 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

An op-ed in The Charlotte Observer this past weekend has quite a few tongues wagging within Charlotte’s legal and political communities. David Jones, a Charlotte attorney and marriage amendment

What? Vote fraud in good ol’ NC?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly TRIED to get voter ID laws passed this session, over the loud vehement protests of Lame Duck Bev and her leftist cronies. We were told that