**BREAKING NEWS** Court strikes down North Carolina congressional map as unconstitutional

[DemocratSinceBirth]

A federal court in North Carolina on Monday struck down the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map.

The court’s decision, first reported by HuffPost, mirrored that of a January decision, in which a three-judge panel in North Carolina also ruled the state's map was unconstitutional.

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina found that Republicans had redrawn its map to favor their party after their first maps were struck down by the court as racial gerrymanders.

The U.S. Supreme Court in June sent the issue of partisan gerrymandering back down to the lower court.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/403890-judge-strikes-down-north-carolina-district-maps-as-unconstitutional

[MyNameIsKhan]

1. what happens now? Districts redrawn before elections ?

[elleng]

2. Likely NC will try it AGAIN in Supreme Court.

THIS decision was on remand.

'The Supreme Court on Monday sent back to a lower court a decision that Republicans in North Carolina had gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts to give their party an unfair advantage.

The lower court will need to decide whether the plaintiffs had the proper legal standing to bring the case.

The Supreme Court recently considered the question of partisan gerrymandering in cases from Wisconsin and Maryland. The court has never found a map so infected by politics that it violated the constitutional rights of voters.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-sends-case-on-north-carolina-gerrymandering-back-to-lower-court/2018/06/25/03c1119e-787e-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html?utm_term=.bf3efc065ef6

[Tucker08087]

3. Awesome!

May this continue!

[mysteryowl]

4. There is hope for NC

Will they redraw the districts before November?

[BigmanPigman]

5. Will the court rule on this before Kavanaugh

is pushed through?

[Ilsa]

7. It sounds like it has to happen before

the election. The court ordered them to fix the districts prior to November election. To appeal, it has to happen now. A 4-4 tie means this decision stands, I guess.

[Jersey Devil]

9. Yes - a 4-4 tie affirms the lower court decision (nt)

nt

[elleng]

10. Right

[pangaia]

6. This is what scares me as we too quickly lose sane judges throughout the country.

How long do we have before this kind of right decision no longer will happen?

[uponit7771]

8. K&R,

[colsohlibgal]

11. We Must Take Back The House Or We Are In Big Trouble

As messed up as this “Administration” is they are appointing wingnut judges as fast as they can.

We get back and keep the House and then win back the White House we can start reversing this trend.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Imagine what happens in 2020 if they control the legislatures

There will be a roller coaster loop in every state catching all the Democratic voters in one district. Then a bunch of small Republican districts on all sides of the loop.

Judges rubber stamp