Suit challenges new law saying NC justices will face retention referendum, not an opponent, in an election. Key question: Does new law violate state constitution’s mandate that ... Keep Reading
SCOTUS hearing arguments in Friedrichs today
Today, the United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a critical free speech case in which the Civitas Institute Center for ... Keep Reading
CLF Petitions NC Supreme Court in Religious Liberty Case
Yesterday, the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom filed a Petition for Discretionary Review with the North Carolina Supreme Court in the matter of Breedlove v. Warren. In ... Keep Reading
Judge Rules Suit Against DEQ Will Proceed
Judge Melissa Owens Lassiter of the Office of Administrative Hearings on Monday denied the Attorney General’s motion to dismiss in Owens v. NC Department of Environmental Quality. ... Keep Reading
NCAE Defies Law; What’s Next?
Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next? We at the Civitas Institute and the Center for Law and ... Keep Reading
NCAE Refuses Compliance with State Audit
Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next? We at the Civitas Institute and the Center for Law and ... Keep Reading
Retention Election Lawsuit: Constitution Means What It Says
Does our state’s constitution mean what it says? That’s the question asked by a recent lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court. At issue is the constitutionality of recent ... Keep Reading
