Back to court to fight the GOP
Neither I nor Digby anticipated that I would be writing from ground zero in the voting rights war when I joined her in August 2014. Life’s little quirks.
The conservative Carolina Journal summarizes the case today:
A three-judge federal panel will consider this afternoon requests to block North Carolina’s new congressional map for the 2026 elections.
Two sets of plaintiffs are seeking an injunction against the map. Republican legislative leaders are defending the map.
Tied to Senate Bill 249, the map shifts counties between Congressional Districts 1 and 3. Legislative leaders say the changes are designed to help Republicans pick up District 1, a seat held now by Democratic Rep. Don Davis.
One group of plaintiffs led by the North Carolina NAACP and another working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm challenge the map as violating constitutional rights.
The NAACP’s latest court filing targets arguments from legislative lawyers.
Beyond that point, it’s Republican arguments for why disenfranchising Black voters is A-okay with them.
Just another day ending in “Y” in North Carolina.
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