NC SPIN Posts by Capitol Broadcasting Company
Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt seems more concerned with appeasing the Republican partisans who rule the state legislature than making sure every school child has access to a quality public education and their schools and teachers have the resources needed to do it. Read More
by Capitol Broadcasting Company | 30 minutes ago
Tim Moore's power grab
If you can't win by using reasonable rules, change the rules. Read More
by Capitol Broadcasting Company | January 19, 2023
Assure the right to a life in North Carolina
NC legislative leaders have outlined four priorities for the 2023 session of the General Assembly. One of them is further restricting access to abortions in our state. Read More
by Capitol Broadcasting Company | December 29, 2022
Act honestly. Enact Voter ID laws that don't hurt access to the polls
The NC Supreme Court did NOT challenge the legality of requiring voter identification. It DID question the legitimacy of placing the issue before voters. Read More
Legislators are not dictators. U.S. Supreme Court must reinforce it
The U.S. Constitution delegates to the "legislature" the job of redistricting. Most significantly the State Constitution gives our courts the job of examining the work of the legislature. Read More
Election districts must reflect North Carolina, not political leadership
Legislative leaders Berger, Moore and their Republican colleagues contend that voting district map-making is "about political consideration." Read More
by Capitol Broadcasting Company | December 7, 2022
A legislature answerable to no one?
What recourse is there for anyone who might contend the state isn't meeting its Constitutional obligation or that the legislature is responsible? Read More
by Capitol Broadcasting Company | November 30, 2022
GOP bragging rings hollow without Medicaid expansion
If Senate leadership wants to take credit for all the advances the state has made they must also accept responsibility for the devastation many families have endured because they couldn't get the health care they needed. Read More
Can justice in NC be independent? It must!
Former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr says the Constitution's purpose is to put limitations on the General Assembly. Read More
Can justice in NC still be independent? It must!
The law is not just what comes out of the General Assembly. It must comport to the Constitutions of the United States and North Carolina. Read More