Rebuked Twice by Supreme Court, North Carolina Republicans Are Unabashed

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

RALEIGH, N.C. — In Washington, efforts by this state’s Republicans to cement their political dominance have taken a drubbing this month. On May 15, the Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina elections law that a federal appeals court said had been designed “with almost surgical precision” to depress black voter turnout. A week later, the court threw out maps of two congressional districts that it said sought to limit black voters’ clout.

And it could get worse: Gerrymandering challenges to other congressional and state legislative districts also are headed for the justices.

But if North Carolina Republicans have been chastened in Washington, there is scant evidence of it here in the state capital. Quite the opposite: Hours after the court nullified the elections law, for example, party officials said they would simply write another.

Republicans have largely dominated state offices since 2010, when a conservative wave helped them wrest control from Democrats, who had regarded incumbency as a birthright for a century. But since November, when Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat, reclaimed the governor’s office from the incumbent Republican, Pat McCrory, Republicans have redoubled their efforts to keep the levers of state government and state courts in their control.

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[FBaggins]

1. There isn't much to "abash" them

The legislature controls the line-drawing process and they have overwhelming control of both houses.

[ProudLib72]

2. I questioned that when it was first announced the maps had gone

What's to keep them from redrawing them with little or no changes? Also, is there a time limit for them to return the maps to the courts? Do they even have to show them to the courts after they are done, or does someone need to protest them again?

In other words, is there any oversight at all?

[dsc]

3. If they keep this up they could wind up subject to pre clearance again

and the State Supreme court, which is 5 to 4 Democratic, will have final say on these maps.