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South Carolina Teachers Union Out to Deprive Students of Learning Options

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Barely six months after South Carolina lawmakers approved legislation allowing K-12 students to customize their education, the state affiliate of the National Education Association is attempting to force children to remain in assigned public schools.    The South Carolina Education Association is the latest in a long line of education special-interest groups that oppose parental rights and have sought to limit students’ learning options through litigation. National teachers unions and their state affiliates have filed suits against parental choice in education in Arizona, Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, Puerto Rico—the list goes…

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No Labels, No Primaries: North Carolina Voters Will Be Shut Out of Presidential Nomination Process

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Read the WRAL story here on the latest anti-democratic efforts from the No Labels Party Washington, D.C. – As reported by WRAL, thousands of registered voters with the No Labels Party won’t receive a ballot during primary elections in North Carolina, thus preventing voters from participating in their nomination process. Thousands of voters in other states such as Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Maine, and Utah may be similarly impacted. Former GOP North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory hasn’t even switched his voter registration, despite being a prominent No Labels Party supporter.…

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North Carolina Court Corrects Flawed Ruling on Voter-ID Law Driven by Ideology, Not Law

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In a decision that did not get the attention it deserved, the newly reconstituted North Carolina Supreme Court recently reinstated, as the court said, one of “least restrictive voter identification laws in the United States.” Liberal judges on that court—two of whom are no longer there after losing their 2022 re-election attempts—had previously thrown out the law, erroneously claiming that it was passed with discriminatory intent and that it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the North Carolina Constitution. In Holmes v. Harper, on April 28, the new court withdrew…

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In South Carolina, President Biden pledges fight for voting rights, police reform

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Friday to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation, addressing graduates of South Carolina State University amid the harsh reality that months of talks with lawmakers have failed to move the measures closer to becoming law. Biden spoke at the … The Washington Times stories: White House

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Trump-backed Republican wins North Carolina special congressional election – Reuters

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Trump-backed Republican wins North Carolina special congressional election  Reuters (Reuters) – Republican Dan Bishop won a special U.S. congressional election in North Carolina on Tuesday, turning back a vigorous Democratic challenge to … “us republicans” – Google News

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