Legal
Justice Breyer: You’re going to have everybody convicted . . . not being able . . . to discuss anything
By SANDY . . . “There are three principal features of North Carolina’s law that make it a stark abridgment of the Freedom of Speech.” These words, spoken by attorney
NC Supreme Court: access to social networking sites not about speech or First Amendment rights
By DAVID POST . . . As most VC readers know, First Amendment law is dominated by a single question, the 800-pound constitutional gorilla that’s always in the room: What
Federal court guts NC premises statute, permanently enjoins prosecutions
By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . Frustrated by the state’s refusal to offer any facts supporting its “conjectural” and “anecdotal” evidence defending section a(2) of North Carolina’s premises statute (N.C.G.S.
Forget federalism: NC invites regulatory control over its citizens
By JAMIE MARKHAM . . . Last month the supreme court decided State v. Moir. It is a case about how a state sex crime—namely, indecent liberties with a child—fits
Opinion
North Carolina, most states, ignore solid facts when enacting residency restrictions against SOs
By JEN FIFIELD . . . In the last couple of years, the number of sex offenders living on the streets of Milwaukee has skyrocketed, from 16 to 205. The
Grady heads back to N.C. Sup. Court
By EMERY P. DALESIO . . .North Carolina’s Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked by GPS-linked devices, sometimes for the rest of their lives,
Growing number of advocates demand elimination of sex offender registries
By LINDSEY KLINE . . . “The tide is going to turn against sex offender registries when people realize they’re more likely to end up on the registry than to
Too little, too late from the Wilson Times editorial board
By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . While we’re happy to see that the editors at The Wilson Times understand the danger of legislative overreach when it comes to First Amendment