Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Closing The Certified Question Loop: An Approach For Establishing A Constitutional Certification Mechanism In north Carolina
Abstract:
"North Carolina remains the lone state in this republic to lack a certification mechanism from a federal court to its state 's court of last resort." The author submits a constitutional provision permitting the superior court "to serve as an allowable first stop in the General Court of Justice for receiving and answering a certified question from a federal court.".