New briefs at U.S. Supreme Court filed in pending gerrymandering case over...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision that two congressional districts in North Carolina were racially gerrymandered prompted the state to file a brief instructing the court on how to proceed with...
View ArticleFederal three-judge panel poised to make decision in racial gerrymandering case
The three-judge panel overseeing North Carolina’s latest racial gerrymandering case has now heard from all parties involved and stands ready to make a decision on a timeline for new maps and whether or...
View ArticleLegislators to three-judge panel: General Assembly leadership, not Attorney...
Legislative defendants in a recent racial gerrymandering case filed a court document today that argues the General Assembly speaks for the state of North Carolina, not the Attorney General. The North...
View ArticleNC NAACP asks for independent redistricting process, special elections in...
The North Carolina NAACP filed a motion in the state’s recent racial gerrymandering case asking for the three-judge panel to assign an independent entity to redraw the unconstitutional maps and to...
View ArticleThree-judge panel sets hearing to decide timeline, special election in racial...
A federal three-judge panel has set a July 27 hearing to consider a timeline for North Carolina lawmakers to redraw unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered maps. The panel will also consider ordering...
View ArticleComing up: Redistricting to take center stage next week
Next week will be big for those keeping track of North Carolina’s racial gerrymandering issues. To start, the House and Senate Committees on Redistricting will meet jointly at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in...
View ArticleRacial gerrymandering plaintiffs to argue lawmakers actions after Supreme...
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that 28 State House and Senate districts were unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered, the North Carolina General Assembly and its actions became illegal. That’s the...
View ArticleDéjà vu: Well-known GOP mapmaker to consult again for lawmakers redrawing...
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders will hire the same mapmaker largely responsible for the racially gerrymandered maps that are court-ordered to be redrawn. Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett)...
View ArticleFederal judges not pleased with Republican delay over redrawing...
Two federal judges chided an attorney representing North Carolina lawmakers Thursday about not taking the redrawing of unconstitutional districts serious enough. “This is serious,” said 4th U.S....
View ArticleFederal three-judge panel orders lawmakers to draw new maps by Sept. 1;...
A federal three-judge panel has ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to draw new legislative maps by 5 p.m. Sept. 1. The panel denied a request for the state to hold a special election to remedy...
View ArticleRedistricting meeting: co-chair says maps not yet drawn; public demands fair,...
Rep. David Lewis, chair of the House Committee on Redistricting, said during a meeting Friday that he did not know of any legislative maps already drawn at his or legislative leaders’ direction. Rep....
View ArticleAttorneys for Covington plaintiffs allege constitutional violations in new...
Lawmakers’ new proposed legislative maps do not remedy the constitutional violations in the old maps, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs in the racial gerrymandering lawsuit dictating the...
View ArticleProposed Senate legislative map advances along party lines with changes to...
The changes to a proposed Senate legislative map Thursday night were minimal, despite efforts from Democratic lawmakers to correct unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. The Senate redistricting...
View ArticleHouse committee approves proposed legislative map with one GOP ‘no;’ Senate...
Debate in the House redistricting committee Friday over a new proposed legislative map got a little more tedious than prior debate in the Senate committee. House Democratic Leader Darren Jackson was...
View ArticleAfter plaintiff objection, redrawn legislative maps now in hands of federal...
The plaintiffs in North Carolina’s recent racial gerrymandering case already made clear to lawmakers’ that their new legislative maps were flawed but filed an official objection Friday with the federal...
View ArticleCovington plaintiffs: Court should make sure remedial districts comply with...
A federal three-judge panel on Thursday will hear final arguments as to whether they should enact remedial State House and Senate maps proposed and passed by GOP lawmakers. The maps are supposed to...
View ArticleThe latest on NC’s racial gerrymandering case: Will a special master get...
A decision was not reached Thursday in a federal racial gerrymandering case about whether or not proposed remedial legislative maps would be approved, but a three-judge panel indicated it could still...
View ArticleParties to racial gerrymandering lawsuit can’t agree on a special master
The parties in a pending racial gerrymandering case told a federal court Wednesday that they could not agree to submit the names of three individuals fit to serve as a special master, should one be...
View ArticleFederal court appoints special master in racial gerrymandering case to...
A federal three-judge panel has ordered that a special master review and possibly redraw two state Senate and seven state House districts in a recent racial gerrymandering case. In an order released...
View ArticleLegislators oppose special master, allege they have right to fix...
Appointing a special master in North Carolina’s ongoing racial gerrymandering case is premature at best and deprives the state and its legislature of due process, according to a new objection filed...
View ArticleCovington plaintiffs: Legislature should not get another opportunity to...
The plaintiffs in a racial gerrymandering case told a federal court Tuesday that lawmakers should not get another crack at redrawing districts that could still be unconstitutional. A three-judge panel...
View ArticleGOP mum after special master appointment in racial gerrymandering case
Social media was buzzing yesterday with reactions from everyone but GOP lawmakers after a federal three-judge panel appointed a special master to review and potentially redraw some state House and...
View ArticleHouse Majority Leader alleges court corruption in redistricting case at GOP...
House Majority Leader John Bell IV alleged corruption in a recent racial gerrymandering case at a GOP fundraiser in Goldsboro. The event was hosted Oct. 24 by the Lenoir-Wayne Republican Men’s Club at...
View ArticleSpecial master in racial gerrymandering case releases first round of redrawn...
A special master appointed almost two weeks ago by a federal court to examine and potentially redraw parts of the state House and Senate maps released his proposed plan to correct unconstitutional...
View ArticleLawmakers still object to special master; Covington plaintiffs offer...
The legislative defendants in the racial gerrymandering case that involves state House and Senate districts opposes the federal court’s appointment of a special master and alleges abuse of discretion...
View ArticleBREAKING: Special master releases proposed state legislative maps
There do not appear to be any major surprises in the new maps released this morning by Nathan Persily, the Stanford University voting expert who was tabbed by the three-judge federal court panel that...
View ArticleLegislators file witness list for court hearing over special master’s...
Legislative defendants in a racial gerrymandering case are planning on calling at least four witnesses to testify in a hearing over a special master’s redistricting proposal. They’ve also asked to call...
View ArticleParties in racial gerrymandering case submit requests, questions for special...
A federal court told parties to a racial gerrymandering case last week that if they had questions for the special master to submit them ahead of the Jan. 5 hearing. Legislative defendants on Wednesday...
View ArticleFederal judges ahead of today’s hearing: some questions for special master...
Today’s hearing in the state’s ongoing racial gerrymandering case could bring some fireworks. It’s the first and only chance plaintiffs and legislative defendants in North Carolina v. Covington have to...
View ArticleJudge ‘miffed’ lawmakers hired expert to criticize special master rather than...
Instead of retaining an expert to try and make North Carolina legislative maps better, lawmakers paid $250 an hour to criticize the job of a court-appointed special master. Legislative defendants in...
View ArticleFiling: GOP secretaries of state support NC lawmakers’ request to block...
The secretaries of state for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina and West Virginia support North Carolina lawmakers in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a...
View ArticleGerrymandering plaintiffs: Supreme Court should not block special master’s plan
The U.S. Supreme Court should reject North Carolina lawmakers’ request to block a special master’s districts from being used in this year’s elections, according to a response filed Friday. The response...
View ArticleNC GOP lawmakers to U.S. Supreme Court: Throw out all of special master’s...
GOP lawmakers want the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out all the special master’s districts in the state’s never-ending racial gerrymandering case and return to their original map for the 2018 elections....
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court makes two big NC decisions on prayer and gerrymandering at...
The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a lower court’s ruling that Rowan County commissioners violated the constitution by coercing members of the public to join in prayers advancing beliefs specific...
View Article3-judge panel: Lawmakers must redraw some Wake districts before 2020
A three-judge panel ruled today that lawmakers must redraw four Wake County House districts after violating a mid-decade redistricting ban while correcting racial gerrymanders. The North Carolina...
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