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Now they are going to SCOTUS to get power of state SCOTUS rescinded in voting gerrymandering cases. If this biased SCOTUS finds in their favor Republicans will run wild all over the country
North Carolina Republicans Ask SCOTUS To Cripple Voting Rights in Every State (msn.com)
North Carolina Republicans Ask SCOTUS To Cripple Voting Rights in Every State (msn.com)
Now the Republican-dominated general assembly has struck back raising what’s come to be known as the “independent state legislature” theory. This move was something I feared would happen weeks ago as Republicans were running out of options. They’ve argued in a new filing before the Supreme Court that the North Carolina Supreme Court does not have the power even in reliance on the state Constitution and despite Rucho to rein in partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts when done by a state legislature.
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