Category: Law & Order

Why does NCGOP keep giving the AG’s race a pass?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Every four years we see the same phenomenon in The Tar Heel State: a gaggle of GOP gubernatorial wannabees, followed by a bunch of also-rans lower down the ticket

SC Voter ID law blocked by USDOJ; NC efforts @ voter ID under assault

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

*Sigh* The Left is working overtime here at the end of the year to finish pushing our country into the ditch. US Attorney General Eric Holder

No justice at all in Bev’s veto

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Once again, Ms. Perdue-Eaves is standing in the way of common sense in Raleigh. Our Boss Lady (til 2012) vetoed the legislature’s repeal of the 2009 Racial

The Castle Doctrine kicks in: common sense finally prevails in Raleigh

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Now that the trial lawyers have lost their stranglehold on Jones Street, crime victims and other law-abiding citizens of North Carolina are getting some

Surprise! State BOE opens probe of 2008 Dem complaint against McCrory

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Brant Clifton

News hit this week about campaign operatives for Boss Bev 2012 being indicted on campaign finance law violations. At the end of the week, we

Indictment of Boss Bev cronies is like deja vu all over again …

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If I talked to you about a governor with cronies laundering money to sidestep campaign finance laws, you’d think I was talking about Mike Easley. We went through a

Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking

A surprisingly thoughtful piece by an N&O reporter …

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The debate over abortion frequently gets clouded by PR spin and code-words like “choice,” as well as sign-wielding activists screaming at each other. Earlier this year,

NC prosecutors seek an end to ‘Racial Justice Act’

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s elected prosecutors are seeking the legislature’s assistance in overturning one of the worst travesties to ever pass through Jones Street: The Legislature should act

Laroque defamation suit gone, his firm ponies up $17K in fines

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based leftist group NC Policywatch is staying on top of the ordeal swirling around state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston and a close political ally of