In a big victory for anti-gerrymandering activists, a panel of three judges ordered North Carolina’s state legislature on Monday to draw up new U.S. congressional maps in time for the 2020 elections.
Good luck with that. GOP loses nothing by dragging its feet.
How many times has a court thrown out NC’s district map? When are they (the courts) going to say "hey you guys seem to be incapable of doing this so we’re hiring an outside non-partisan group to do for you.
Really how many bites of the apple do NC Republicans get?
When ya got nothing? Gerrymander…
Spanking-machine? Then again, some of those GOPervs would probably like it…
The court relies on the papers released by the estranged daughter of the GOP op who did the last reapportioning. They showed without doubt that the motives for his approach were entirely partisan. All that information had been hidden from the courts previously with sanctimonious denials of plans to engage in partisan gerrymandering once again after the first maps from 2011 were tossed. If the Reps try to play around more, I would anticipate that the court might hold them in contempt, especially after pointing to another recent and efficient remap done by the governing SC body as a demonstration that the required remap can be done quickly. If the GOP fails to act expeditiously, the court may well be able to appoint a committee with directions. That was done in CA in the 80s. I think the message being sent was a quiet but definitive ‘don’t screw around’ to the GOP. The defendant Republicans and friends lied to the court. Courts typically don’t take that well.
From Politico:
Democratic-linked plaintiffs in the case are likely to “prevail on the merits of this action by showing beyond a reasonable doubt that the … congressional districts are extreme partisan gerrymanders in violation” of the state constitution’s “Free Elections Clause,” the court said.
Because of the GOP gerrymander, Republicans currently hold 10 of the state’s 13 congressional districts.
This would suggest Democrats are poised to gain even more seats in the House in 2020. No wonder incumbent Republicans are retiring in droves.
The corollary of having to cheat to win is when you can’t cheat, you have to retire. I’d personally like to buy each retiring Republican a nice gold watch, made by Rolox.
How many apples does NC have?
Meanwhile, the Keebler Elf has resurfaced…
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/28/sessions-considering-running-senate-alabama-060720
They gerrymandered Western North Carolina in such a way that Asheville got split down the middle and the halves are outnumbered by the Republicans in their districts. If the districts are drawn fairly, we should be able to get rid of one of the Republican scumbags representing WNC and I am hoping and praying it ends up being Mark Meadows.
I’d love to see Meadows put out to pasture…
I hear Devin Nunes cow is available as a companion animal…
And guess what? John Roberts, et al., said these decisions are not appropriately decided by the Supreme Court. Who are these Rethuglicans going to appeal to now?
The Rethugs-R-Us will LIE, CHEAT and STEAL to win elections…gerrymandering and ballot tampering being the latest of their unlawful and cheating election schemes!
Wouldn’t that be something? If the redistricting looks bad for him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he resigned. I doubt he has the courage to stand up for a fair fight.
Since when do antiquated things like court orders and subpoenas matter to the GOP? In Trump’s America those things are now optional. Except if you’re a Democrat, then they totally matter, and if you are a minority, stand still so we can get a clean shot.
If you’re dragging your feet, and the momentum of the thing you’re clinging on to is high enough, you could lose your feet.
Has he moved his cow farm that used to be in California from Iowa to North Carolina? Please tell me that he hasn’t invaded my state.
ugh, that will take 5 years.
the 1 person who could do it is still in highschool.
Court should just fast forward to the end and draw the districts themselves. I don’t see this ending in any other way with the GOP in charge.