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NC Supreme Court rules legislative and congressional maps as unconstitutional gerrymanders

On Friday, Attorney General Josh Stein said that the state Supreme Court just struck down the legislative and congressional maps as an “unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.”

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On Friday, Attorney General Josh Stein said that the state Supreme Court just struck down the legislative and congressional maps as an “unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.”

Highlights

  • N.C.
  • Supreme Court strikes down redrawn congressional and congressional maps as unconstitutional gerrymanders.
  • Attorney General Josh Stein: The maps violate a voter’s fundamental right to vote.
  • The unanimous decision by the three trial judges will be appealed by the advocacy groups and voters who challenged the new congressional and legislative lines.
  • Governor Roy Cooper: “The trial court recognized what has been obvious all along, that the legislative and.
  • congressional maps were intentionally gerrymander.