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Amend with caution: why constitutional changes are rarely necessary

North Carolina has had three constitutions. The first was written when our state joined a brand-new nation. The second emerged after the Civil War, when North Carolina finally proh...

Democrats propose constitutional amendment to protect early voting in North Carolina

Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday proposed a constitutional amendment that would guarantee North Carolinians at least 14 days of in-person early voting for each election. That’...

NC Senate approves constitutional amendment capping income tax

N.C. Senate Republicans in the state legislature voted to put a proposed change to the North Carolina constitution on the November ballot that would cap the tax rate for individual...

NC Senate moves constitutional amendment on local property tax increases to the November ballot

Voters will decide in November whether to change the state constitution to tell the General Assembly to limit local property tax increases.  All 30 Senate Republicans and Sen. Dan...

Proposed constitutional income tax cap passes NC Senate, fast-tracked in House

The state constitution currently requires the tax rate to remain below 7% — a number set through an amendment vote in the 2018 election. The proposed amendment would reduce that ca...

Republican lawmakers revive effort to elect NC State Board of Education members

Republican lawmakers will once again attempt to change how North Carolina governs public schools, reviving a yearslong debate over who should control education policy in the state....

Constitutional amendments to limit taxes pass NC legislature

The state legislature is taking final votes Wednesday to put several constitutional amendments restricting tax rates on November's ballot. They passed the House thanks to support f...

NC's right to work, right to farm constitutional amendments start to move in State Senate

The proposed amendments are among five that the General Assembly is considering putting before voters on this November's ballot.

NC committee votes to put ‘right to work,’ ‘right to farm’ amendments on 2026 ballot

North Carolina Senate lawmakers could vote this week on whether to put constitutional amendments guaranteeing the “right to farm” and the “right to work” on the ballot in November...

Five truths about North Carolina property taxes and a proposed GOP constitutional amendment

North Carolina property taxes are in the news this spring. Republican state lawmakers are advancing a proposed constitutional amendment that would direct the legislature to limit l...

NC voters set to weigh in on limiting state income tax and property taxes in November

Each amendment passed narrowly, with unaffiliated Reps. Carla Cunningham (U-Mecklenburg) and Nasif Majeed (U-Mecklenburg) joining the Republicans.

North Carolina Court Rules Democrat State Board Violated the State Constitution by Allowing ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in...

The Republican National Committee is celebrating a major victory for clean elections after a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled that North Carolina’s State Board of Elections v...

Proposed constitutional amendment would make the state board of education elected

Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill to take away the governor's appointments to the board, and instead make them elected positions.

Amendment to elect State Board of Education members moves forward in NC House

A Republican proposal that would remove the governor’s power to appoint State Board of Education members advanced out of a House committee on Tuesday amid pushback from Democrats t...

Analysis: NC lawmakers consider six more constitutional amendments as midterms loom

How do you get Republican voters to the polls in a difficult political climate? Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are hoping a slate of up to seven constitutional amendments m...

NC House starts moving sweeping elections bill, plans to pass it this week despite opposition

The 37-page bill contains a slew of provisions including allowing any voter to challenge any other ballot and banning overseas voters who haven't ever lived in NC from voting in st...

Judicial Retention Elections in North Carolina

A colleague recently came into my office carrying Volume 3 of the General Statutes of North Carolina Annotated by Lexis Nexis (what we attorneys call “the green book”) with a […] R...

Stein approves 17 laws for North Carolina, including regulations on crypto ATMs

The actions leave him with an empty desk before lawmakers return to Raleigh at the end of the month.

Old North State Report – July 10, 2026

North Carolina’s Double Jeopardy Clause

Constitutional protection against double jeopardy is understood to extend no further than the Fifth Amendment requires. Two recent cases from the Court of Appeals, however, seem to...

North Carolina bill requires state law enforcement to cooperate with ICE

North Carolina bill requires state law enforcement to cooperate with ICE

NC lawmakers defend AI earmark, move to require schools to allow off-campus religious instruction

North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday revived a proposal to require school districts to allow students to participate in off-campus religious instruction during the school day. Sen...

NC House committee okays a sweeping election bill, but its sponsor says it needs more work.

A North Carolina House committee advanced an elections bill that would change a range of election laws, with some Democrats objecting to provisions expanding the window for challen...

The trouble with rational basis review, part three

Note: This is the third in a series of research briefs discussing rational basis review, a judicial doctrine that is being used to shield economic regulations from constitutional c...