After securing control of 30 state legislatures in last year s election, GOP lawmakers are using their power at the state level to pursue hot-button issues such as gun rights and abortion restrictions.
N.C. s Wrongfully Imprisoned Can Be Compensated. An Extra Step Means It May Take Years to See It Happen.
Howard Dudley
On the grounds of an affordable housing complex in Kinston, Howard Dudley finds peace sitting on a swing early in the morning, watching the sunrise.Â
Gone are the late-night hollers of convicts who kept him awake, the commands of guards, and the shutter of prison bars.Â
Sometimes he calls his sister and tells her how good the air feels.Â
âThings we take for granted,â his sister, Linda Hawkins, says.Â
After nearly 24 years in prison, Dudley, now 64, was exonerated and released in 2016 for a crime he didnât commit.
Republican state legislators have the full backing of their voting base on three key issues now being debating at the North Carolina General Assembly. This is according to new survey results of likely 2022 GOP primary voters obtained exclusively by
Carolina Journal.
Large majorities of North Carolina Republican voters continue to back GOP efforts in the General Assembly on school choice, ballot security, and the General Assembly’s position against efforts to expand Medicaid.
The poll was conducted by Spry Strategies, which interviewed 700 likely 2022 GOP primary voters using a blend of traditional live-caller landline, IVR, & online mobile interviews. The interviews were collected from April 21-24, 2021. The survey has a margin of error of + / – 4. An interview on the poll with Spry Strategies’ founder Ryan Burrell is available here.
NCâs body camera law is back in the spotlight following Elizabeth City shooting
North Carolina s body camera law back in the spotlight By Michael Praats | April 28, 2021 at 11:19 AM EDT - Updated April 28 at 7:38 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - As a judge deliberates on the release of body camera footage from the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr., the discussion surrounding North Carolinaâs body camera law is once again called into question.
The current law comes from 2016 after then-Governor Pat McCrory signed a law limiting access to body camera videos. The law made it so police videos taken from dashcams and body cameras were no longer considered public records, instead, anyone requesting to see the video or have it released must get a judge to sign off on its release.
Is it fair or even patriotic to threaten states that do not conform to the Democratic Socialists mandate to control the outcome of Free and Fair elections enacted by constitutionally guaranteed states legislatures?
Yes, all elections must be federalized so that the whim of the majority political party can set the standard for all elections.
No, Our Founders purposefully decentralized elections by guaranteeing only states legislatures the independent right to enact Free and Fair elections. Opinion?