GOP loses again - Court Strikes Down GOP NC Congressional Map As Unconstitutional
 

Racism & hate loses again yay!!!

The map in question was ruled to have violated multiple constitutional amendments.

A panel of three federal judges in North Carolina struck down North Carolina?s congressional map Tuesday, saying it went so far to benefit Republicans that it violated the U.S. Constitution.

The ruling is significant because the Supreme Court is considering a case out of Wisconsin that could allow it to articulate, for the first time, a new standard to determine when a gerrymander goes so far to benefit one party that it is unconstitutional. North Carolina?s congressional map is one of the worst cases of gerrymandering in the country, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, and gives Republicans an additional two to three seats in Congress. Republicans have a 10-3 advantage in the House of Representatives under the current map.

The plaintiffs in the case argued that the map, drawn by Republicans in 2016, violated the First Amendment and the 14th Amendment?s Equal Protection Clause. They also said it violated Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution ― which says members of the House of Representatives shall be ?chosen every second Year by the People of the several States? ― as well as the document?s Elections Clause, which says ?the Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of choosing Senators.?

The court agreed that the plan violated the Constitution on all those counts, and barred the state from conducting another election under the current map. The current map was drawn after a three-judge panel said that a previous map, drawn in 2011, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The court gave the North Carolina General Assembly until Jan. 24 to draw a new map.

On a side note, I read a story a few weeks ago about techniques used to gather voter data and draw congressional boundaries. One of the things they do is use Google Streetview to see what types of cars people in different areas drive. They have found that if a neighborhood has homes that have mostly sedans in the driveways that area is likely to vote Democrat while neighborhoods with mostly trucks are Republican.

The science that now goes into campaigns and trying to manipulate the vote is pretty interesting and scary.

get a god damn life

Yeah it's getting out of hand.

Gerrymandering is not Democratic, no matter who's doing it. 1 person = 1 vote . Very simple. Gerrymandering takes the power of the vote out if the hands if the people and in the hands of politicians and that's unconstitutional :thumbsup

butthurt ?

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