Articles Tagged with North Carolina History

I’ve been thinking about Governor Jim Hunt since learning of his passing, and it pulled me back to a time in my life I had not revisitedGOVERNOR JIM HUNT NORTH CAROLINA in years.

It feels like a long time ago now. I was a student at NC State, somewhere around 1986 or 1987. I had recently changed majors, moving away from a science-heavy course load into something more liberal-arts centered.

As part of that shift, I was informed I needed an internship. The whole idea felt foreign to me. I was used to labs, lab reports, and exams that tested concrete knowledge. This was different, and at the time I remember thinking it was silly, maybe a bit touchy-feely.  Squishy, if you will.

Do you believe in the Rule of Law? Talking heads from various sources bandy about Due Process, Equal Protection, and the Rule of Map outline of North Carolina filled with red, white, and blue horizontal stripes inspired by the state flag, set against a plain gray background. Law. But what do those terms really mean and are they even relevant in today’s perpetual, and frankly exhausting, messaging infrastructure?

Stripped of partisan slogans, the concept of the Rule of Law is neither vague nor ornamental. It has a precise meaning rooted in centuries of legal thought and practice.

It is not about who shouts the loudest or which faction claims the phrase; it is about the structure that makes the government accountable to the governed and liberty possible.

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