Bob Orr

"I don't see a constitutional violation, I think that there's a lot of disappointment from those who opposed the bill last night, but disappointment doesn't equal unconstitutionality,” said Jeanette Doran with the NCICL.

With Art Pope's hand firmly on her fancy leash, Ms. Doran is paid not to see a constitutional violation when it serves the Puppymaster's agenda. How could it be otherwise?

If you are in the Charlotte area, WCNC 9:30 am Sunday, 11/27 - Pat McCrory, Bill Faison, Joel Ford and Thom Tillis - JOBS, the economy, trade, sessions, an answer to Bill's letters to have a JOBS session (?)

online www.wcnc.com

NC Spin Sunday, 11/27 for the times in your area and to watch on line www.ncspin.com Budget Cuts in the Courts - Technology, a unified court system, how the Courts can fund themselves. Two legislators, a former Deputy Director of the Courts, and a former Supreme Court Justice.

And will the squarepants still fit?

Former N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice Bob Orr is stepping down as executive director of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, according to an announcement on the nonprofit organization's website. Orr, who had been the group's founding director and ran the organization for seven years, will return to private practice.

I was going to say, "I'm glad to see him pursuing an honest living", but then I remembered he was a lawyer, so... :)

Thank god NCCU chose to keep its distance from Mr. Orr and the Show. I wonder if never ending equivocation is in his NCICL job description.

Bob Orr withdraws offer to establish a Pope Foundation center at the NCCU School of Law in the wake of concerns over Art Pope's radical agenda. Here's the N&O version of the story.

Indy Week has a slightly different take, in which a Republican student at NCCU Law misses the point entirely.

"What bothers me is the message the firestorm has created, that if you're tied to a Republican, don’t come to Central," Doucette said. "But that's not what we're about."

Art Pope isn't "a Republican," Mr. Doucette. He is a one-man army engaged in class warfare. He is supporting legislative assaults on the very Constitution his Center proposed to study. His friends in the General Assembly are dismantling public education through draconian budget cuts. His scorched-earth approach to political reform will set North Carolina back for generations.

News of the Great Law School Giveaway has been trickling out for more than a month now, with word today that the NCCU Law faculty will be considering Art Pope's low-ball offer sometime soon.

A faculty committee at the North Carolina Central University School of Law is expected to recommend within the next few weeks whether the school should establish a constitutional law center partially funded by a Republican activist ...

• You'll need to block out a lot of time to read it all.