North Carolina's political maps are expected to give Republicans majorities in the state legislature, and the U.S. House of Representatives delegation, even if Democrats win a majority of the statewide vote.

Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts.

The lawsuit argues that the state constitution guarantees the right to fair elections, and it says the new districts violate that promise. The Republican-led legislature argues that no such right exists, since it’s impossible to define what “fair” means.

  • @[email protected]English
    147•5 months ago

    We have a right to bear arms, but we don’t have a right to fair elections?

    The solution is left as an exercise to the reader.

  • @[email protected]English
    80•5 months ago

    Well the alternative to fair elections is political violence. Choose wisely, the people enacting that violence could be a wildcard for any ideology.

    • @[email protected]
      12•5 months ago

      Hmm, don’t see anywhere in the Constitution where elected officials have a “right to life”. Your move NC.

  • @[email protected]English
    30•5 months ago

    I’m sure that it will be fixed after this election and broken again before the next. The Supreme Court made sure of that back in 2022 with the Merrill v Milligan verdict where they admited that the racially gerrymandered districts were illegal, but allowed to be used anyways so long as it’s relatively close to an election.

    When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled. Late judicial tinkering with election laws can lead to disruption and to unanticipated and unfair consequences for candidates, political parties, and voters, among others.

    • Brett Kavanaugh
  • @[email protected]English
    9•5 months ago

    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”