Federal court rules on black voters’ challenge to Eastern North Carolina districts

Source: Raleigh News & Observer

“A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to block the Republican-crafted North Carolina Senate map from taking effect, which a lawsuit argues will dilute the voting power of Black residents. In a 97-page opinion, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of a lower court, which ruled in January against the two Black voters bringing the lawsuit. Judges Allison Rushing and J. Harvie Wilkinson III, both of whom were appointed by Republican presidents, wrote the majority opinion. In it, they note a longstanding legal precedent that ‘cautions courts against enjoining state election laws in the period close to an election.’

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article287000585.html

The Dignity of Work

Source: Freeman’s Perspective
by Paul Rosenberg

“At one time I lived very close to the Field Museum of Chicago; I had a membership and spent a good deal of time there. One evening, about ten minutes before closing, I noticed that workers had begun preparing the first floor for an evening event. I had a panoramic view from where I stood at the second floor balcony, and what I saw has stuck with me ever since. What I saw was a lone man setting up tables and chairs – simple work, the kind that any teenager could do. But what I watched this man do was every bit as beautiful as dance. He moved with integrity, with precision, and with intent.” (03/28/24)

https://freemansperspective.com/the-dignity-of-work/

TN: Thousands form human chain remembering Covenant School shooting in Nashville

Source: BBC News [UK state media]

“Advocates for gun safety gathered to form a human chain in Tennessee to mark one year after an elementary school shooting that left six dead, including three children. Thousands linked arms on Wednesday from the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University to the Tennessee State Capitol, calling for gun law reform on the anniversary of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville.” (03/28/24)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68688366

Director, Members Send Demand Letter to Libertarian National Committee Chair

Source: Third Party Watch

“Third Party Watch has received a copy of a demand letter send to [Libertarian National Committee chair] Angela McArdle by Law Firm Veritas and pro bono publico, D.C. Bar member Theodore Godfrey of Maryland, on behalf of a Libertarian National Committee Director and many National Party members, demanding that McArdle resign and that an extensive series of LNC documents be made available, within five days, to the Director. We are advised that the letter was sent to MCArdle and to all LNC members. … A demand letter is a formal request that certain actions be taken by the officers and directors of a corporation, failing which there may be litigation. It is our understanding that the number of National Party members is greater than fifty.” (03/28/24)

https://thirdpartywatch.com/2024/03/28/director-members-send-demand-letter-to-lnc-chair/

Same old, same old

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“It seems that the ‘white hope’ of the 2024 presidential election (in many eyes) has chosen a running mate. This makes the election more problematic, and more of a mess. Robert F Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan, a California ‘criminal justice’ activist and long-time (relatively – she looks pretty young) supporter of Democrats and regressive causes. … And there are at least some so-called Libertarians who seem to be pushing RFKJr for the Libertarian Party nomination. Not quite a fusion ticket, since he claims to have split from ALL political parties. (Which shows that even some of these nominal Libertarians themselves don’t think of the LP as a ‘real’ political party.) Frankly, that would be a worse disaster than nominating Bob Barr a few years back (2008).” (03/27/24)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2024/03/27/same-old-same-old/

Repeal and Replace Today’s Education Cartel

Source: Law & Liberty
by Scott Yenor

“Times of obvious collapse and corruption open up opportunities to rethink things to the root. Soon, perhaps, academies dedicated to trades or vocations may be popping up again, and trade schools supporting workforce education shall arise, and law schools based on apprenticeship models can be once again established. Simply clearing the underbrush of monopolistic practices is not enough in our environment, where money and honor are attached to the prevailing system.” (03/28/24)

https://lawliberty.org/repeal-and-replace-todays-education-cartel/

House to send Mayorkas impeachment charges to Senate April 10

Source: The Hill

“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican impeachment managers informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a letter Thursday that they will send two impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10. House Republicans are accusing Mayorkas of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ including ‘willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and his breach of the public trust.’ That means the long-awaited charges will arrive in the upper chamber on the Wednesday after senators return to Washington from the two-week Easter recess.” (03/28/24)

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4561860-house-mayorkas-impeachment-charges-senate/