{"id":2202741,"date":"2024-03-20T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-rules-confederate-statue-may-stay-in-place-in-north-carolina\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:01:58","slug":"appeals-court-rules-confederate-statue-may-stay-in-place-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-rules-confederate-statue-may-stay-in-place-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Court allows Confederate statue to remain in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fappeals-court-rules-confederate-statue-may-stay-in-place-in-north-carolina%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2202741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Confederate Monument\u2064 to Remain Outside Alamance County Courthouse<\/h2>\n<p>The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that leaders in \u200bAlamance County who refused to remove a \u2063Confederate monument \u200doutside\u2064 a courthouse acted lawfully in not moving the \u200bstatue.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUnder the \u200dMonument Protection Law, the County has no authority to move the Monument,\u201d the court\u2019s\u2062 opinion read. \u201cRegardless of some commission members\u2019 comments or misunderstandings of their legal ability to move the Monument, the rule of law \u200cdoes not change.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Legal Battle Over Confederate Monument<\/h3>\n<p>The court&#8217;s ruling, handed down on\u2064 Tuesday, highlighted the \u2064ongoing \u2063legal battle surrounding\u200b the Confederate monument. Despite pressure from\u200d the \u2062NAACP and other plaintiffs, county leadership\u2062 was deemed \u2064to lack\u2063 the legal authority to \u200dremove the statue based \u200con the state\u2019s Monument\u2064 Protection\u200b Law.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cplaintiffs argued for\u200d an exception in \u200dthe law to\u200d apply, citing concerns\u200b over public safety, but the court found \u2063that the exception did not cover the county manager&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bay-area-homeowners-and-landlords-asked-to-take-in-homeless-people\/\" title=\"Bay Area Homeowners and Landlords Asked to Take in Homeless People\">expressed safety concerns<\/a>, and thus the monument will remain in place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Monument Protection Law&#8217;s implications<\/li>\n<li>The dispute over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-gaetz-greene-hold-free-speech-rally-in-riverside-calif\/\" title=\"Reps. Gaetz, Greene hold \u201cFree Speech\u201d rally in Riverside, Calif.\">public safety concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This unanimous decision by a \u200bthree<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-things-trumps-attorney-was-ordered-to-testify-on\/\" title=\"Six things Trump's attorney was ordered to testify on\">-judge panel upheld<\/a> a previous ruling from 2022, solidifying the\u2062 Confederate \u2063monument&#8217;s \u200dpresence outside the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Confederate monuments have stirred controversy \u2062across various states in \u200drecent years. While some have been removed, the legal\u200d battle in Alamance County underscores the complexities surrounding these historical symbols.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on this ruling and similar cases, visit <strong>The Washington Examiner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld Alamance County leaders&#8217; decision not to remove a Confederate monument outside the courthouse. 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