Baker v. Martin

Only by focusing upon a single one-sentence section of one article of the Constitution of North Carolina — without proper regard for other sections of that Constitution — is the majority able to conclude that the challenged provision of N.C.G.S. § 7A-142 is constitutionally valid. As Justice Martin has demonstrated in his dissenting opinion in which the Chief Justice and I have joined, the majority errs in its view that Section 6 of Article VI of the Constitution of North Carolina applies only to “elections by the people to office.” Even if it is assumed arguendo that the majority is correct…