by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2017 A North Carolina county violated the U.S. Constitution by allowing elected officials to open meetings with a Christian prayer, a federal appeals court said in a divided ruling last week. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, in a 10-5 decision on July 14, overturned a ruling by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2016 President Barack Obama’s liberal transformation of the U.S. Court of Appeals has gone largely under the radar as most attention has focused on the Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court grabs the spotlight, but it hears fewer than 100 cases a year,” Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett said, “while […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 A federal court’s ruling that struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law could lead to massive voter fraud in November, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said. In striking down the 2013 North Carolina law, a panel of three Democratic-appointed judges on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2016 Three federal judges, all appointed by Democrats, struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law, ruling it was “passed with racially discriminatory intent.” North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory vowed the state would “immediately appeal” the ruling, saying the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals judges were “undermining the integrity of our […]
