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McMurray announces bid for 24th District Court Judge seat

HIGH COUNTRY — Longtime Avery County resident and attorney Tom McMurray announced last week his intention to seek election for a seat as for 24th District Court Judge, representing Avery, Watauga, Mitchell, Yancey and Madison counties. McMurray, a Republican, is an attorney at Appalachian Law Center and has two decades of experience in the profession, received his Associate’s Degree from Guilford Technical Community College, a Bachelor’s Degree from Thomas Edison State College, and his law degree (JD) from North Carolina Central University. After spending his first five years in practice in the Greensboro area dealing with cases involving bankruptcy work representing debtors, Tom and his family moved to Banner Elk in 2007, where he primarily has practiced family law. McMurray has been appointed to represent parents involved with Department of Social Services (DSS) cases in Watauga, Avery and Mitchell counties.

IN OUR VIEW: New roles in court

In sports, “next man up” is the motto of many teams at various levels when typical starting players are injured or can’t perform for whatever reason. In Greenup and Lewis counties, when longtime Circuit Judge Bob Conley initially announced he was running for State Supreme Court Justice, “next man up” became a real possibility. That possibility turned to reality when the people elected Conley in November. Brian McCloud and Paul Craft, who fittingly like to use sports analogies frequently to describe life situations, were ultimately the next men up. McCloud was, as it turned out, in the metaphorical on-deck circle preparing to step up to the plate in the 20th Judicial Circuit, Division 1. In reality, though, District Court isn’t an on-deck circle — you’re very much in the game, which is now where Craft will sit donning a robe.

Appeals Court Ruling Affirms First Amendment Protection for Abhorrent, Racist Language in Certain Situations | Hodgson Russ LLP

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Although some state and local governments are looking for ways to prohibit abusive, highly offensive speech that is directed toward someone, the First Amendment still protects that speech, unless it is designed to provoke a violent response from a particular person.  That’s according to a recent ruling from the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Bartow, 2021 WL 1877821 (4th Cir. May 11, 2021), in which the court weighed the defendant’s free speech rights against a Virginia statute criminalizing abusive language that is reasonably calculated to provoke a violent response.

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