June Atkinson wasn't the only big winner today. Bob Orr also won.
Orr, a former state Supreme Court justice, is a student and teacher of North Carolina's constitution. He cited the constitution regularly last year when he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor. (During his run for governor, Orr offered his own plan for how the state's public schools should be governed.)
Orr, who runs the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, has sued the state over the lottery, tax-increment financing and tax incentives for Dell. None of those suits has been successful.
But Orr represented Atkinson, a Democrat, in her suit against Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue and the State Board of Education over who has the authority to run the state's public schools.
And, on Friday, he was on the winning side.
Comments
Re: A win for Orr, too
July 20, 2009 - 9:02am — BitterEXdemocrathey Bev, how about appointing Bob Orr as a REAL governor CZAR?
Re: A win for Orr, too
July 19, 2009 - 7:12pm — mountainmanCongratulations to Bob Orr, thank you for helping to put our elected offical back in her rightful place. I did not vote for her, however she was legally elected and should be allowed to do her new job. Bev was way beyond her rights as governor to appoint a czar over our elected offical.
Re: A win for Orr, too
July 17, 2009 - 1:18pm — cdtewIf there are two sages in this state, two men that should always be consulted when the meaning of the North Carolina Constitution is at issue, they are:
John L. Sanders of the UNC School of Government, and
Bob Orr of the N.C. Institute of Constitutional Law
These two men have more knowledge about how this state's foundational document operates than all of State Government put together.
Congratulations Justice Orr!