You can look up almost anything about a candidate before you vote. So what happens when the information isn't there? Read the full article on our Substack: https://postly.click/4Nh Researched & written by: D.C. Davis, Cardinal Scribe @cs-ws.bsky.social

This November, North Carolina will elect a U.S. Senator. Do you know what the job is? A senator works for the people of the state that elected them, not for a party and not for a president. But... Read full post at: postly.click/z4G Written by D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Former Governor Roy Cooper, our favorite candidate for NC Senate, says the best part of his "Make Stuff Cost Less" tour is speaking with North Carolinians. We think the best part of his tour is that he's going to replace Thom Tillis in November. #makestuffcostless #roycooperforsenate #cooperfornc

Everyone expected the Rural Hall data center rezoning to pass on a party-line vote. Then hundreds of neighbors showed up with facts, charts, and research — Sierra Club and Conservative Women of Forsyth County alike. Full story: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260803 By D.C. Davis, @cs-ws.bsky.social

Know Your North Carolina Rights: Proposed Amendment #3: We can't protect what we don't understand. A close look at the PROPOSED Amendments to the NC State Constitution that will be on the ballot in November 2026. What is the difference between a rule you have to follow and a rule written into the

Know Your North Carolina Rights: Proposed Amendment #2 We can't protect what we don't understand. A close look at the PROPOSED Amendments to the NC State Constitution that will be on the ballot in November 2026. Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260730 Written by D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Would you vote ‘yes’ on a limit before anyone tells you what the limit is? Proposed Amendment 1 would limit how much money local governments can collect from property taxes each year... Read more: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260729 Researched & written by D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Article V of the U.S. Constitution permits a state to ask Congress to call a convention to change the Constitution. That request is called an application. Once 34 states have applied, Congress is required to call one. Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260728 By D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

What would you do if a teacher told you your idea would never work? A 19-year-old at the University of Texas found an amendment that had been sitting unfinished since 1789... Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260727 Researched & written by: D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

What if you were old enough to be drafted and sent to war, but not old enough to vote for the leaders who sent you? That was the law in most of the country until 1971 when the 26th Amendment changed it. Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260726 By: D. C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

What happens if a president can’t do the job? Not won’t. CAN’T. There’s a rule for that. Most people have never read it, and most people who think they know it have it wrong. Read the full article on our Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260725 Written by D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

How would you feel if voting cost money, and every election you skipped made the bill bigger? For decades, voting in America came with a price tag known as a poll tax. Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260724 By: D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

How would you feel if you paid federal taxes, served on juries, and even fought in a war, but you still didn’t have a Representative or Senator in Congress? Read the full post on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260723 Researched & Written by D.C. Davis, @cs-ws.bsky.social

Why is “running for a third term” even a conversation in 2026? Because the rule against more than two terms is only 75 years old, and some people want it gone. It took a war and a broken promise to... By D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260722

Did you know North Carolina banned alcohol long before the rest of the country did? Our state made its choice years ahead of national Prohibition. Then, when the country finally moved to end the ban, North Carolina went its own way once more. By D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Can a country have two Presidents at once? For a while, it almost felt that way. After every election, months passed before the winner took office. One President was on the way out. Another was waiting to start. Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260720 By: D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Did you know North Carolina waited more than 50 years to ratify the amendment giving women the right to vote? Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260719 Written by: D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social #Constitution #Amendments #WeThePeople #19thAmendment #NineteenthAmendment #VotingRights #WomensSuff

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What issue could pull racists, progressives, suffragists, populists, and nativists into the same fight, all pushing for the same outcome? Banning alcohol, of course. Read the full post on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260718 Researched & written by D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Did you know you couldn’t always vote for your U.S. Senators? For over a century, state legislatures picked them, and regular voters had no say. The 17th Amendment gave that choice to the people. By: D.C. Davis, Cardinal Scribe @cs-ws.bsky.social Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-2

Every payday, you see it: the line on your pay stub where federal taxes come out. Ever wonder where Congress got the power to do that? Read the full article on our Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260716 Researched & Written by D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

You’ve heard the phrase “grandfathered in,” right? It usually refers to an old rate, an old plan, an old rule that still applies to you. But do you know where it comes from? Read on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260715 By D.C. Davis @cs-ws.bsky.social

Did you know there’s more to the Fourteenth Amendment than the Birthright Citizenship issue? The Fourteenth Amendment, as drafted by the Joint Committee on Reconstruction in the spring of 1866, did not explicitly deal with citizenship. Read the full article on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260714

Have you heard of the “Forgotten Failed 13th Amendment”? On March 2, 1861, Congress submitted a proposed Constitutional Amendment to the States intended to entice border slave states to stay in the Union... Read the full article on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260713 By @cs-ws.bsky.social

Did you know the runner-up in a presidential election used to become vice president? There was only one problem. Sometimes the runner-up was the president’s biggest rival. 😱 Read on Substack: https://bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260712 Researched and written by @cs-ws.bsky.social

If a state government owes you money, can you take it to court? In 1793, someone did just that, and his case became the first real test of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Constitution. The Court failed. Read more on Substack: bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260711 Written/Researched by @cs-ws.bsky.social

When Washington passes a law, can it force your county sheriff to enforce it? In 1981, James “Jim” Brady was seriously wounded during an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Recent Case Researched & Written by @cs-ws.bsky.social

The Bill of Rights lists your freedoms. So what happens to the ones it leaves out? The 9th Amendment answers that in just twenty-one words: the government does not have complete authority over “We the People of the United States.” Read the full post on Substack: https://bit.ly/fcdpnc-20260709

Have you heard about this? What concerns you the most about this proposed budget cut? NC budget proposal cruelly slashes funding for lawyers who help people in need ncnewsline.com/2026/07/08/n... #ncbudget

NC budget proposal cruelly slashes funding for lawyers who help people in need • NC Newsline

Legal Aid attorneys and their staffers help people who can’t afford a private-sector lawyer but need to keep their homes or need protection from domestic violence. The North Carolina legislature wants...

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The punishment is supposed to fit the crime, but who decides how far is too far? The 8th Amendment bans excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment. The meaning of those words has been argued about since 1791, and the answers keep evolving with the times...