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John Locke Update

Cooper Budget: Higher Taxes Now and Later

posted May 24, 2018 by Joseph Coletti

Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19 [1] would spend $1.5 billion more than the current year, raise taxes, divert millions in other funds, increase dependence…
John Locke Update

Appropriating the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

posted January 31, 2018 by Joseph Coletti

If the governor directs where money goes and for what purpose, is it government spending? That is just one of a number of questions that arose after Gov. Roy Cooper…
Press Release

Attorney general should rethink decision on health care lawsuit

posted April 21, 2010

RALEIGH — North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper should rethink his decision to avoid joining a lawsuit challenging the new federal health care law. That’s the assessment from the John…
Research Report

Politics vs. The Health Care Lawsuit: N.C. Attorney General’s Decision Is Not Supported by a Proper Legal Analysis

posted April 21, 2010 by Daren Bakst

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper decided not to join a lawsuit challenging whether the recently enacted federal health care bill is constitutional. The Attorney General's legal analysis used to justify not taking action avoided the primary legal questions regarding the law's constitutionality.

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