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The Restore Campus Free Speech Act

Posted on August 3, 2017 by admin in Children, Civics, Culture, Dan Forest, Education Reform, Free Speech, History, Politics, Safety, UNC

Four months after being overwhelmingly passed in the House, the Restore Campus Free Speech Act has become law. House Bill 527 is bipartisan ‘campus free speech’ legislation that strengthens standards for free expression in our state university system and mandates that all public universities “ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression.” HB527 […]

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In Defense of Free Speech

Posted on April 28, 2017 by admin in Children, Civics, Culture, Dan Forest, Education Reform, Free Speech, History, Politics, Safety, UNC

Bipartisan legislation passed the House on Wednesday strengthening standards for free expression in the state university system and mandating that all public universities “ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression.” Currently, there are no statutes addressing free speech for the University of North Carolina (UNC) institutions. House Bill 527, modeled after the Goldwater Institute‘s policy report Campus […]

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The Campus Free Expression Act

Posted on April 12, 2016 by admin in Children, Dan Forest, Education, Free Speech, UNC

On March 7, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest announced that he would propose a bill be introduced this year that he’s calling the “Campus Free Expression Act.” The legislation would require a discipline policy for any students who interrupt the free expression of others. Forest is working on a draft of the bill with the help of Stanley Kurtz, […]

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It’s Raining Meh

Posted on July 16, 2015 by admin in Civil Service, Courts, Federal Government, Free Speech, Law, Media Bias, Public Employees, Throwback Thursdays

Remember all outrage a month or so ago from opponents of Senate Bill 2? The new law, which you can read about at length in an earlier post, prevents certain state employees from being forced to perform same-sex marriages against their will. Partisan journalists, left-wing bloggers, progressive activists, out-of-state social media types, liberal legislators, and even […]

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Civil Rights Cut Both Ways

Posted on June 11, 2015 by admin in Civil Service, Courts, Federal Government, Free Speech, Law, McCrory, Public Employees, Veto

“Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority.” — Dr. Cornell West Today the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to reaffirm its support for Senate Bill 2, bipartisan legislation that protects the First Amendment rights of Magistrates and Register […]

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That’s a lot of Sausage

Posted on January 23, 2015 by admin in Agriculture, Beer, Bell, Budget, Business, Children, Civil Service, Consumer Protection, Courts, Crime, Disabilities, Economic Development, Economy, Education, Education Reform, Election Reform, Energy, Environment, Farming, Federal Government, Free Speech, Government Reform, Gun Rights, Healthcare, House of Representatives, Housing, Jobs, Justice, Law, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Medicaid, Military, Municipal Government, Nonprofits, Older People, Open Government, Parental Choice, Privacy, Private Property Rights, Public Assistance, Public/private partnerships, Regulatory Reform, Safety, Sports, Tax Reform, Taxes, Technology, Transparency, Transportation, UNC, Unemployment, Unemployment Reform, Utilities, Veterans, Water, Zoning

There’s nothing quite more thrilling for state government geeks (like us) than the annual publication of the General Assembly’s Summaries of Substantive Ratified Legislation. This weedy tome, of which only a few hundred are printed, is produced at the end of each legislative session by the good folks of the Research Division. The Research Division is a non-partisan central office […]

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Free Speech on Campus

Posted on October 14, 2014 by admin in Education, Free Speech, UNC

[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/CXsBCzozR10″ width=”590″ modestbranding=”1″ autohide=”1″ fs=”1″ border=”1″ hd=”1″] With the U.S. Senate (including our own Senator, Kay Hagan) attempting to limit free-speech protections of the First Amendment, the General Assembly, by contrast, has given student organizations in North Carolina further protection against harassment from university administrators — who might seek to strip them of their official […]

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