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wildeyed

(11,243 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2018, 08:41 PM Jan 2018

Three-Judge Court Rules North Carolina Congressional Districts an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerryman

http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96824

The majority opinion by Judge Wynn is an unqualified victory for the plaintiffs, finding multiple grounds (including equal protection, the First Amendment, and the Elections Clause) for ruling that North Carolina’s plan is unconstitutional.

It's not a done deal, but still very, very good news!

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Three-Judge Court Rules North Carolina Congressional Districts an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerryman (Original Post) wildeyed Jan 2018 OP

Enjoy justice while we can, courts are being packed with ignorant sycophants Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1

We gotta get this through before Kennedy retires or RBG dies. wildeyed Jan 2018 #2

Eliot Rosewater

(31,138 posts)

1. Enjoy justice while we can, courts are being packed with ignorant sycophants

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Tue Jan 9, 2018, 08:42 PM

Jan 2018

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)

2. We gotta get this through before Kennedy retires or RBG dies.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 08:59 PM

Jan 2018

They are going to take her out feet first, which suits me fine, but she is not getting younger.

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