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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNDRC Invests in Effort to Fight Judicial Gerrymandering in North Carolina(Obama/Holder group)
NDRC Invests in Effort to Fight Judicial Gerrymandering in North CarolinaJanuary 10, 2018
Washington, D.C. Today, the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF), an affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), announced a $25,000 investment in the Fair Courts campaign to fight partisan attempts to rig the judicial system in North Carolina. In recent months, politicians in the North Carolina General Assembly have pushed an agenda that would gerrymander judicial districts to benefit Republicans and force many African-American judges in the states district and superior courts to run against other incumbents. In recent years, judges on these courts have heard gerrymandering challenges to state legislative maps.
Eric Holder, NDRC Chairman and the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, said: Politicians in North Carolina are no longer content with their gerrymandering of state and congressional legislative districts now they are taking aim at the judicial branch. This is a shameless attempt to rig the judicial system for partisan benefit and it must be stopped. The citizens of North Carolina deserve better from their elected officials and we are proud to support these local efforts to defend the independence of the judiciary.
In recent years, Republicans in North Carolina have repeatedly lost in court over their gerrymandering of congressional and state legislative maps. Because they continue losing in court, theyre now trying to rig the state judicial system. NDRC is committed to fighting them on both fronts.
The National Redistricting Foundation is also supporting the voters in Cooper v. Harris, a case in which the Supreme Court affirmed the district courts ruling that two districts in North Carolinas 2011 congressional maps were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. As a result of the courts ruling, Republicans were forced to draw a new map. That new map was struck down yesterday by a federal court as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
https://democraticredistricting.com/ndrc-invests-in-effort-to-fight-judicial-gerrymandering-in-north-carolina/
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NDRC Invests in Effort to Fight Judicial Gerrymandering in North Carolina(Obama/Holder group) (Original Post)
Sunlei
Jan 2018
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I donated yesterday...may start a monthly donation when my house sells...this is a good
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
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Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)1. I donated yesterday...may start a monthly donation when my house sells...this is a good
organization that will help elect Democrats.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)2. great group & already some successes in the courts to help with very soon-midterm elections.
Big D guns working very hard for us Ds as public citizens, gotta LOVE them