On November 4, 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted a new congressional voting map based on 2020 Census data. The legislature, at that time, was controlled by the Republican Party. In the case Harper v. Hall (2022), a group of Democratic Party-affiliated voters and nonprofit organizations challenged the map in state court, alleging that the new map was a partisan gerrymander that violated the state constitution.[2] On February 14, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state could not use the map in the 2022 elections and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. The trial court adopted a new congressional map drawn by three court-appointed experts.[2][3]
So the Constitution said the State Legislatures have authority over Federal Elections in each state. And the state courts nuked the North Carolina's decisions about the election and made up their own election map using 'experts'.
Wow thanks for that. Reading into it, it sounds like this is a HUGE issue and not something that can be distilled into a simple black and white. I somehow get the feeling that the implications of this case will go beyond just gerrymandering.
So the state supreme court essentially said no to the map decided by Republicans and arbitrarily decided to use the a map that was cut by "experts"?
Yeah... there is no way the supreme court doesn't slap the shit out of this.
On topic, Republicans and Democrats don't make a stink about this because everybody knows its a slam dunk, the state supreme court can't just dismiss a remapping of districts for "reasons".
So the Constitution said the State Legislatures have authority over Federal Elections in each state. And the state courts nuked the North Carolina's decisions about the election and made up their own election map using 'experts'.
https://ballotpedia.org/Moore_v._Harper
Pretty much. Stole two would be pick up seats and handed them to democrats.
They really don't respect the constitution do they!
Wow thanks for that. Reading into it, it sounds like this is a HUGE issue and not something that can be distilled into a simple black and white. I somehow get the feeling that the implications of this case will go beyond just gerrymandering.
So the state supreme court essentially said no to the map decided by Republicans and arbitrarily decided to use the a map that was cut by "experts"?
Yeah... there is no way the supreme court doesn't slap the shit out of this.
On topic, Republicans and Democrats don't make a stink about this because everybody knows its a slam dunk, the state supreme court can't just dismiss a remapping of districts for "reasons".
As someone who grew up there and left as it was getting this bad. The old maps were gerrymandered as FUCK. just toward dems.
Typical screaming because the cookie-jar gets taken away.