North Carolina candidates turn out for Conservatism on Tap
May 19, 2014
by: Harry Painter
North Carolina: Two 2014 Republican judicial candidates and one former candidate were special guests at a meeting for the conservative group Conservatism on Tap in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event, which took place at the Hive at Busy Bee Café in downtown Raleigh, was open only to members or those willing to pay $10 for admission and two drink tickets. Incumbent North Carolina Court of Appeals candidate Donna Stroud was joined by Michael L. Robinson, a candidate for the state supreme court, and former candidate Jeanette Doran. Doran lost in the primary to Eric L. Levinson, who was scheduled to speak but could not make it to the event.
The guests spoke in an informal panel format, with each speaker taking turns to address the room. Doran, a Raleigh attorney, spoke first, encouraging members of the audience to cast their votes for Levinson. She criticized incumbent Robin Hudson for having been endorsed by the AFL-CIO. (The North Carolina chapter of that group endorsed Hudson, a Democrat, in March.) Levinson, who received 36.6 percent of the vote in the May primary to Hudson’s 42.5 percent and Doran’s 20.9 percent, will run against Hudson in the general election.[1]
Robinson, a Winston-Salem lawyer who in the general election will face Cheri Beasley, another Democratic incumbent, spoke next. He told the crowd that it is important for people who work in the private sector to get into government roles.
He added:
| “ | It’s important to have people up there who understand the proper role of government.[3] | ” |
| —Michael L. Robinson | ||
Judge Stroud, who is unopposed for re-election to her seat, stressed the importance of the appeals court, noting that most appeals cases do not reach the high court. Like the other speakers, she encouraged people to vote and said that it is important to get conservatives on the court.
Stroud, who graduated this spring from Duke with an LLM degree, invited questions after her portion of the speech. When a questioner asked Stroud what current issues were most important, Doran interrupted to explain that Stroud would have to recuse herself if she took a position on any issues that could come before her. However, she referred to herself as “jurisprudentially conservative,”[2] She said that the role of a judge is to enforce the law, not to do the legislature’s job and write the law.
The general election in North Carolina takes place on November 4.
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Footnotes
- ↑ News & Observer, “Labor, lawyers, teachers endorse Justice Hudson,” March 27, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Painter, Quote from speaking event featuring Mike Robinson and Donna Stroud, May 13, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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