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

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Weird that Kennedy wasn't on the majority side, somewhat surprising that Thomas was.

Thomas thinks that VRA districts are unconstitutional, so he kills them whenever he sees them.

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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.

Yeah, my guess is the NCSC will force them.

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Sounds like the district court has just about had it with all of the NCGOP's games:


6/9/2017

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http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Covington-Notice.pdf

I'm going to lol so hard if their maps end up being drawn by the courts.