Following the Common Cause v. Lewis decision last month ordering the General Assembly to redraw legislative districts, I noted that the left may find results of their victory ... Keep Reading
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A proposal to gerrymander in the name of stopping gerrymandering
I have previously noted that Common Cause was unhappy with a few of the General Assembly districts created in the wake of Common Cause v. Lewis. There is someone else so unhappy ... Keep Reading
Common Cause brief exposes their partisan intent
Behind a veil of impartiality, Common Cause is seeking to get more NC legislative districts changed to favor Democrats. Examining one of the sets of districts Common Caused ... Keep Reading
North Carolina has new legislative districts, but there is potential danger ahead
The General Assembly approved new maps yesterday (September 17), a day before the court-imposed deadline to complete them. Each chamber of the legislature approved the other's ... Keep Reading
Whither 38 House Democrats?
By now, you have likely heard of the vote taken in the North Carolina House of Representatives last week to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget legislation (House ... Keep Reading
Can court-ordered nonpartisan redistricting survive in the current political climate?
After a slow start, NC legislators are progressing on drawing new district maps per a court order Just under half of Senate and House districts need to be redrawn Tensions ... Keep Reading
Left may find results of Common Cause v Lewis victory underwhelming
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the NC Superior Court ruled in Common Cause v Lewis that nearly half of North Carolina's state legislative districts were ... Keep Reading
Common Cause v Lewis and the dangers of bad redistricting reform
The trial phase of Common Cause v Lewis ended last Friday, and we likely have a couple of weeks before we hear the ruling from the Wake County Superior Court. This is a good time ... Keep Reading
Testimony reveals partisan hypocrisy at the heart of Common Cause v Lewis
Testimony, yesterday by an attorney who worked with Democrats on drawing legislative districts in 2017, revealed the hypocrisy of the Democratic plaintiffs in Common Cause v. ... Keep Reading
Common Cause v. Lewis: same dog barking up a different tree
Common Cause v. Lewis is based on a dubious claim for “fair” legislative districts Plaintiffs are trying to stretch clauses of the NC Constitution beyond anything established by ... Keep Reading
