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
Four ways Wake County’s order against church drive-thru service is unconstitutional
First, it's a clear violation of people's religious freedoms. Those are the very first rights secured from government usurpation in the Bill of Rights.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The post-COVID-19 world is worth considering now
Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review Online discusses “fever dreams” about the future world after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. This crisis has reminded us that the nation-state and its capacity…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the federal CARES Act’s potential impact for N.C. hospitals and medical practices. John Hood’s Daily Journal assesses potential long-term impacts of COVID-19…
Health Care
Positive Changes to Implement in the Wake of Coronavirus
Government officials – federal, state, and local – have been rolling back regulations that inhibit business, charity, and the delivery of essential services. Governments are removing restrictions on everything from…
Health Care
World Health Organization Gets a Well-Deserved Thrashing
Matt Ridley lays it on in a recent piece that appeared in the Telegraph: There are three charges against WHO. First, it failed to prepare the world for a pandemic,…
Health Care
Lift the emergency rule against hydroxychloroquine to protect our health care workers
The reason for the rule was because of concerns over (a) shortages of the drug needed by lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients and (b) little evidence to-date that it was…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Criminal law reform testimony before the General Statutes Commission
Comments Regarding the General Statutes Commission’s Responsibilities Under Session Law 2019-198 (Senate Bill 584) April 3, 2020 Thank you for being so diligent about fulfilling your responsibilities under Session Law…
Energy
Plastic bags make comeback in the COVID-19 pandemic
Kyle Smith writes at National Review Online about the revival of an item despised by the environmental left. Single-use plastic bags are a miracle of modern technology. Cheap, light, convenient,…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on Wake County’s order to nix a local church’s plan for drive-through Sunday services. The Daily Journal highlights a recent court ruling that…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
COVID-19 response and recovery calls for a balanced solution.
As you would expect, John Locke Foundation’s policy recommendations in response to COVID-19 outbreak and in discussions on how best to recovery once the crisis is over, have focused largely on…
Regulation
Let cosmetologists make in-home visits while they’re out of work and we’re stuck at home
Allow in-home visits by licensed cosmetologists and barbers and let them set up home businesses. People want (and will increasingly need) their services, and as many shops are likely to…
Regulation
Criminal Law Reform In North Carolina
Executive Summary North Carolina has thousands of crimes scattered across untold pages of statutes, regulations, and ordinances. Many of these crimes are duplicative, unconstitutional, or outright silly. This labyrinth of…