North Carolina Supreme Court Allows Partisan Gerrymandering, Giving GOP Big Edge In New Maps
The North Carolina Supreme Court backtracked on a past ruling, allowing a gerrymandered map that was recently struck down by the same court to be reinstated. Republicans, who regained control of the state’s Supreme Court in the midterm elections last year, joined together in the five-to-two decision. The ruling reverses a decision to throw out a map that heavily favored GOP candidates in statewide elections. The Republican-majority court stated that the decision was an attempt to side-step political processes and remain neutral. “There is no judicially manageable standard by which to adjudicat...