9th Annual WML Academic Symposium

Time: 10:00
Room: 224
Presenter(s): Emily Stapleton
Title: NC Blue Laws: A Case Study of the NC Brunch Bill
Developed under the guidance of Dr. John C. Mero , Political Science

Section 4 in North Carolina Senate Bill 155, or “The Brunch Bill”, while was a start to an expansion of liberties, is still too stringent due to the special restrictions of selling alcohol on Sunday’s. This bill, aside from violations of the Constitutional wall between church and state could be more effective economically if Blue Law policy were abolished completely due to North Carolina’s tourism industry. And while not everyone agrees with the NC Brunch Bill in its original form, its expansion would increase fairness, economic opportunity, and state revenue.