Massive Supreme Court Rulings in North Carolina May Have Just Saved Republicans in 2024
Bonchie
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In news that probably won’t get the amount of attention it deserves, a massive ruling was handed down by the North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday. The newly-minted conservative majority found that partisan gerrymandering does not violate the state’s constitution, reversing a ruling made by the court when it was under previous Democrat control.
The prior left-wing court invented out of whole cloth a constitutional provision that forced the legislature to create so-called “fair districts.” What that means is that the map that was ultimately adopted for the 2022 election was drawn in such a way as to guarantee a near-neutral split between Republican and Democrat seats. That allowed Democrats to win several seats they would have otherwise lost.
But as some of warned at the time, that wasn’t going to be the last word on the matter. Because supreme court judges in North Carolina are elected, Republicans took a commanding 5-2 majority. As predicted, that led to the matter of partisan gerrymandering being taken up again. Now, the chickens have come home to roost, and it’s all over but the crying.
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