On December 19, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the Republican-led redrawing of the 2011 redistricting plan for both U.S. House and State legislature that will be used through 2020. The voting rights advocates who brought the case say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the State Supreme Court.
The North Carolina case is Dickson v Rucho, 201PA12. The vote was 4-2. Two N.C. Supreme Court justices - Cheri Beasley and Robin Hudson, both Democrats – issued a dissenting opinion in the case. Justice Robert N. “Bob” Hunter Jr., who was appointed to the N.C. Supreme Court this fall, months after the January arguments, did not participate in the ruling, according to court documents.
A similar case is before the U.S. Supreme Court now, concerning Alabama legislative districts.
Both sets of plaintiffs argue that the districts pack too many African-American voters into certain districts, which prevents them from having an impact on most other districts.
There were other issues in the North Carolina case as well, concerning splitting precincts.
The U.S. Supreme Court is also considering whether to hear an appeal of a Virginia case in which a federal district court ruled that Virginia’s congressional map was an unconstitutional gerrymander and needed to be redrawn by 2015.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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