Justices Affirm Ruling Striking NC Legislative Districts
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down 28 state House and Senate districts in North Carolina because they violated the rights of black voters.
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down 28 state House and Senate districts in North Carolina because they violated the rights of black voters.
For the second time in two years, the U.S. Supreme Court has told North Carolina's highest court to review the state's political maps.
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed a federal court ruling that forced legislators to redraw the state's political maps last year.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling ordering North Carolina legislators to redraw state legislative districts by March 15 and hold special elections within the altered districts this fall.
A U.S. District Court ruled Thursday that more than two dozen state House and Senate districts are unconstitutional because they were racially gerrymandered.
North Carolina is taking its request to delay redrawing district maps to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state is arguing that voting in next month's primary elections is already underway.
The architects of the state's electoral maps want more time to respond to a Supreme Court-imposed review. It's just the latest twist in a long-running dispute over how North Carolina's political districts are drawn.