Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online about multiple ways N.C. lawmakers are considering expanding gun rights. Daniel Gibson’s CJ Opinion argues that conservatives have better solutions for addressing racial…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Nine states now have enacted universal license recognition. Why not North Carolina?
Last week South Dakota became the ninth state to pass universal license recognition since 2019. Bill language introduced last year before the General Assembly would offer a way for North…
Regulation
Protecting vets from losing their guns
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon reports on new legislation designed to protect military veterans’ basic rights. The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Liz Cheney (R.,…
Health Care
Placing Fauci’s pronouncements in perspective
David Harsanyi warns National Review Online readers against placing too much emphasis on one health expert’s statements. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief pandemic adviser to President Joe Biden, is a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online on the State Board of Elections’ recommendation to push back 2021 elections and the March 2022 primary. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why…
Research Brief
Health Care
NC’s stranglehold on access to medical care should end
North Carolina's archaic certificate-of-need laws leave the state with significant deficits in psychiatric hospitals and substance abuse facilities — and higher prices. North Carolina should join the 15 other states…
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
Johnny Kampis reports for Carolina Journal Online that a relaxation of overly burdensome government rules could help boost access to broadband in North Carolina. The latest CJ Opinion explains how…
Energy
Green energy and Texas blackouts
Jason Isaac writes for the Federalist about the links between bad energy policies and Texas’ current power problems. As Texans reel from ongoing blackouts at the worst possible time, during…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What legislators can do about Cooper’s regulatory takings
Cooper is still penalizing business owners with his restrictions. My research brief today explains that this amounts to a "taking" akin to an eminent domain taking.
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Provide just compensation for business owners hammered by Cooper’s orders
Gov. Roy Cooper's business shutdowns and restrictions amount to a regulatory taking depriving business owners of the use of their property. Lawmakers should reform eminent domain to include compensation for…
Law & Public Safety
The Right AOC on Point: Cooper targets private bars with COVID-19 restrictions
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s concerted campaign against the state’s private bars. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Carolina Journal Online reports on a Greenville bar owner’s court fight against Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdown order. John Trump’s CJ Opinion urges Cooper to stop talking about priorities and to…