Research Reports

NCICL Helps Protect North Carolinians From Potentially Unconstitutional Legislative Act
Jason Kay
Jul 14th, 2010

Last legislative session, the General Assembly considered the controversial Life Sciences Development Act, which would have created a constitutionally problematic State venture into the biotech start –up market, with taxpayers guaranteeing private investment. Jason Kay, Senior Staff Attorney at NCICL was asked to testify before a legislative committee about the constitutional problems with the Act.

North Carolina Municipal Annexation
Jason Kay
May 1st, 2008

North Carolina's involuntary annexation scheme does not raise constitutional issues, it raises political issues. The political power, vested in the people by the North Carolina Constitution, must be wielded for annexation reform in the legislature, not the courts.