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Media Ignores Murdered Muslim Students In Chapel Hill
On Tuesday, February 10th, Craig Stephen Hicks allegedly shot three Muslim students in the head, killing each of them.
Articles by Michael Wells Jr.
Lawyer at Wells Jenkins Lucas Jenkins PLLC in North Carolina. Writes the daily blog southernlawyernc.blogspot.com.
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#BlackLivesMatter And #NYPDLivesMatter Are Not Mutually Exclusive
As human beings we all have value, and Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos did not deserve to die. At a fundamental level, #BlackLivesMatter and #NYPDLivesMatter mean the same thing.
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Voter Suppression Helped Pave The Way To A Thom Tillis Victory In North Carolina
The impact of North Carolina’s voter ID law has already been felt. This impact will only grow more marked as it will be even tougher for minorities to vote come 2016.
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Minority Voter Suppression In North Carolina Witnessed Firsthand
What the future holds for voting in North Carolina is unknown. What is known is that the damaging and chilling effects of this law will be felt for decades, even if the law is overturned this summer.
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NC GOP Senate Candidate Thom Tillis Attacks Same-Sex Marriage With Frivolous Lawsuit
United States District Court Judge William Osteen for the Middle District of North Carolina , a Bush appointee, allowed Tillis to intervene as a party in the federal district lawsuit, nearly two years old, that legalized same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
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The Second Amendment is Not an Unfettered Right
Gun owners say that any gun control restricts their 2nd Amendment rights. The result is an elevation of the 2nd Amendment to where it trumps all other rights.
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‘Right to work’ is conservative code for screw the worker
Right to work is a brilliantly contradictory term composed by pro big business factions. The term is more accurately defined as ‘screw the worker.’
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Wall Street is ‘Easy Street’ for a Chosen Few
When Wall Street is not regulated adequately it makes millions for a few while placing our country’s economy in peril.
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Justice Thomas’ Health Care Dissent Gets the Last Word, but it Falls on Deaf Ears
Justice Thomas literally got the last word, and this is interesting in light of comments I heard Justice Thomas make at a reception I attended in February.
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Conservatives Don’t Understand the Constitution When Obama’s in Charge
When it comes to Obama, conservatives routinely misstate the law and the president’s constitutional powers.
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Ten Things Politicians and the Rest of Us Should Know About the Law and Social Media
Don’t let poor judgment go viral. Oversharing on social media can be harmful, and it can have dire social, financial and legal consequences.