Orr for Governor
Well, it's almost the filing deadline for governor of NC for 2009. Well, actually, it's just over a year before the filing deadline. But following the trend set nationally, former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Robert Orr has announced that he will run for governor on the Republican ticket.
With a name like Orr, how can you not have fun with that? Vote Orr Governor! What? Vote Orr Governor! Or what? Governor. Look, do you know who you want me to vote for for governor? Yes. Who? Orr. Or what? No one, just Orr. So you want me to vote for no one? No, Orr. Or what? There's no "what" in his name. So what IS his name? Orr. ... Someone HAS to run that ad for him. Anyway, a little more about Robert Orr: Bio from the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law: ROBERT F. ORRExecutive Director / Senior Council
Justice Robert F. Orr retired from the N.C. Judiciary on July 31, 2004 after eighteen years of service to the citizens of North Carolina. He practiced law in Asheville prior to being appointed to the bench by Governor Jim Martin in 1986. He spent almost ten years as a member of the Supreme Court and eight years on the Court of Appeals. Justice Orr was elected four times statewide by the voters of North Carolina — twice to the Court of Appeals and twice to the Supreme Court Over the years, Justice Orr has served in a number of professional and civic positions, including his current service on the UNC School of Law’s Self Study Committee and the N.C. Central School of Law’s Board of Visitors. Previously, he served on the Chief Justice’s Innocence Commission; the Governor’s Crime Commission; Chair of the Southeastern Judicial Conference on Genetics in the Courtroom; Vice President of the N.C. Bar Association; and as member and Chair of the Secretary of the Interior’s National Park System Advisory Board. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Wake County First Tee program, and a board member at the Central YMCA. He also participates in a mentoring program and serves as a vestry member at his church Since August 2004, Justice Orr has been the Executive Director and Senior Counsel for The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, a nonprofit, public interest legal organization based in Raleigh. He serves as an adjunct professor at the UNC School of Law, where he teaches a seminar on the North Carolina State Constitution. Previously, he taught at the N.C. Central School of Law and the Campbell University School of Law. Justice Orr earned both his undergraduate and his law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. He also served three years in the U.S. Army. He is married with four children. From The North Carolina Conservative
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