SC strikes down NC gerrymander 5 - 3, Thomas joins liberal majority

[Brittain33]

if there is another thread in another board about this plz tell me

I started this one in Congressional Elections, but it's not clear to me it belongs in one or the other:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=264808.0

[Brittain33]

Roy Cooper called a special session to redraw the maps

https://governor-new.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/documents/files/Extra%20Session%20of%20the%20NC%20General%20Assembly.pdf

This seems to be for the legislative districts, or is it calling for the congressional map to be redrawn as well?

The legislature cancelled the special session, determining that the governor's purported order was unconstitutional.

I wonder if that will stand, given how many times the legislature has been smacked down by the state and federal courts for their poor understanding of constitutionality.

[Brittain33]

Roy Cooper called a special session to redraw the maps

https://governor-new.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/documents/files/Extra%20Session%20of%20the%20NC%20General%20Assembly.pdf

This seems to be for the legislative districts, or is it calling for the congressional map to be redrawn as well?

The legislature cancelled the special session, determining that the governor's purported order was unconstitutional.

I wonder if that will stand, given how many times the legislature has been smacked down by the state and federal courts for their poor understanding of constitutionality.

The legislature has not been smacked down by the state courts in this cycle.

It looks like you're qualifying your statement to be about maps; I was speaking more generally, including extraconstitutional actions on issues like vote suppression, rewriting rules on the boards of elections and governor's powers, etc. The legislature has had to be corrected on a number of occasions.

Since we're talking about the legislature violating an order to meet in special session, a broader view is appropriate.