Bob Orr brought up his court record today.

On the stump, the former Supreme Court justice has been known to cite the state constitution, but he's rarely brought up his decisions.

In a one-minute opening speech at the NAACP debate this afternoon, Orr cited three decisions: Leandro v. State, Hoke County Board of Education v. State and Stone v. Department of Labor.

The first two were natural fits for the setting, since they dealt with the rights of students to receive a good education, and schools will likely be a major area of discussion today.

The third was more interesting, since it dealt with the rights of family members of workers who died in a chicken plant fire to sue the state for negligence.