Freedom of speech protects unpopular ideas
We must grant the devil the right to speak his mind on our public college campuses, not for his good, but our own. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Andy Jackson
Legacy preferences should join racial preferences in dustbin
The most obvious victims of legacy preferences are those who qualify for admission at selective institutions but are bypassed by legacy students who would have otherwise not been admitted. Read More
How we can limit political gerrymandering in 2023
Legislators should adopt stricter redistricting standards and stick with them when redrawing state legislative and congressional maps. Read More
The North Carolina Supreme Court was right on redistricting lawsuit. What now?
The General Assembly should avoid using partisan data when it redraws maps later this year. Read More
The context for 3 NC Supreme Court election rulings
The three decisions could mark a slowdown in election lawsuits, the author contends. Read More
House bill would require more election transparency
A new bill would allow observers to be at polling locations before they open and that county boards of elections must make “documents associated with that count” available to the public “upon announcement of the result of the count.” Read More
Two questions about election reforms in the House budget
Including policy not authorizing the expenditure of state funds distorts the true purpose of the state budget and reduces government transparency and accountability. Read More
Bill to have counties equally represented in the Senate will fail
The founders believed every district should have a proportional share in the government. Is that still true? Read More
Wake elections bill goes too far, and not far enough
Changing from county-wide to district-wide elections is a good idea but making elections non-partisan isn't. Read More
North Carolina removes hundreds of thousands of registrations from voter rolls
Removing the registrations of dead people, those who have moved out of the county or those who have not voted in a long time. It is incorrect to label this a voter "purge." Read More
