Court throws out NC Congressional map again
Source: WRAL
Posted 10 minutes ago
Updated 9 minutes ago
By Travis Fain
A panel of three federal judges has ordered the state to redraw its Congressional map again, forbidding North Carolina from holding this year's scheduled U.S. House elections until it does so.
In doing so the court ruled that state legislators, seeking to address a racial gerrymander the court complained about with a previous map, put too much partisan intent into their redraw, unfairly seeking to lock in Republican gains and violating people's right to choose their own representatives.
The court not only ordered the General Assembly to redraw districts, it said it would also appoint a special master to draw maps on a parallel track. With filing slated for February, time is of the essence, the court said.
In the decision, authored by 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James Wynn, the court pointed to baldly partisan public statements by GOP mapmakers intent, at the time, on proving to the court and others that they had set aside racial data in redrawing the districts.
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We've got some seriously gerrymandered districts in PA. The courts are dragging their feet on giving a ruling because they don't want to change the maps before the 2018 election. The GOP will cheat anyway they can. Always assume they're cheating because it's the only way they can win.
Congratulations to the NC Democrats, you've won an important victory!
This is why congressional districts look like pieces in a bizzaro puzzle. Near me, it explains why solid blue Youngstown is represented by republican snake Bill Johnson.
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