Category: North Carolina

North Carolina Board of Elections Update

Larry Leake was reappointed to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, according to this report. Leake, in his official capacity, was one of the defendants in North Carolina Right to Life v. Leake, et al. In [holding that the provisions in question violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments], we recognize that the law of […]

No Blue Cross Bribery

The News & Observer reports that an alleged bribery case involving Blue Cross was unfounded. Investigators have cleared a lobbyist in an attempted bribery case handed over by the legislature’s ethics commission. A spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield says the SBI and Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby have cleared Ken Wright, a […]

Federal Subpoenas for Mary Easley

The former First Lady of North Carolina faces federal subpoenas related to her role in allegedly soliciting donations to a North Carolina State University speaker’s program while her husband was in office. The two issues are linked by Easley ally McQueen Campbell, who provided private flights for Mike Easley both before and during his time […]