Tag: federal court

Josh has HR problems.

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Josh Stein, current state attorney general and Democrat nominee for governor, is getting quite a refresher on Human Resources law. Two cases involving Department of Justice employees are in the

STILL GUILTY: same result in retrial of federal bribery case that brought down NCGOP chairman

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina politics had a special case of deja vu all over again this week. We had a retrial of the 2020 federal case against Triangle-area based businessman Eric Lindberg

Folwell: Fed court’s ruling puts viability and longevity of state health plan at risk

Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that the NC State Health Plan violates customers’ rights under the “equal protection clause” of The US Constitution by

NC attorneys admit guilt in federal court to scheme involving fraudulent PAC

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of you who have been around the NC political wars for a while may remember the names Nate Pendley and Jack Daly. Both were renowned for their hard-hitting guerilla

Lil’ Josh gets Lyin’ legalized

Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Uncle Roy has got to be so proud of his lil’ Josh. The little guy managed to find a judge to Ok lying: A state law that bans the

As the elections board turns ….

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by Brant Clifton

It would seem that the biggest excitement from Campaign ’20 is emanating from within the walls of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The GOP

NAACP’s challenge to NC Voter ID running out of gas (and/or CASH)????

Posted on January 30, 2019February 1, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s what one could be led to think from reading this filing submitted to the federal court hearing this case by the high-powered, high-dollar law firm repping the NC NAACP.

Roy Cooper doesn’t want to do his job? He needs to GO.

Posted on July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper is starting to remind me of Peter Gibbons, the main character in the cult hit movie “Office Space.” : Joanna: So, where do you

Creative jurisprudence 101

Posted on October 26, 2011October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The abortion lobby, worried about the effect of a new NC state law on their government cash cow, shopped around and found a federal judge to

Fed Judge: NC MUST pay Planned Parenthood

Posted on August 20, 2011August 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Unbelievable. A federal judge — aided and abetted in his climb through the ranks by “Monty Hall Republican” Senator Richard Burr — has said North Carolina taxpayers MUST keep funding