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An Independent Judiciary
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010The History In our Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers of this country enumerated, among their complaints to the British government, that King George: “… obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers and … has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their [...]
Our State Motto
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Esse Quam Videri: A motto and sound advice for us all. The State Seal of North Carolina contains the motto adopted in 1893 “esse quam videri” which is often translated as “to be rather than to seem.” This statement, is however, only part of a line taken from Cicero’s essay “On Friendship” or “Laelius de [...]
Supreme Court Decides Caperton v. Massey
Thursday, December 31st, 2009On June 9, 2009, the United State Supreme Court handed down a decision on Caperton v. Massey, a case involving a West Virginia Supreme Court Judge who refused to recuse himself despite receiving campaign donations from one of the parties appearing before him. With the exception of a few judicial websites, like the Brennan Center [...]
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