by Paul Stam | Apr 27, 2022 | Politics |
Was the pistol permit law of 1919 an important part of “Jim Crow” efforts to deny access to arms for African Americans? That is not the real story. Public weapons possession was generally prohibited in England since the Statute of Northampton (1328) which...
by Paul Stam | Feb 17, 2022 | Politics |
On February 4 the Supreme Court ordered the Assembly to pass legislative redistricting maps by Friday the 18th. The Court has essentially required proportionality as the measure of redistricting, using mean-median difference analysis, efficiency gap analysis, close...
by Paul Stam | Mar 30, 2021 | Politics |
Paul “Skip” Stam is a former Republican legislator who was the Majority Leader in the the North Carolina House of Representatives. In considering controversial issues of the day, it is helpful to consider analogous issues from times long past. Consider:...
