RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Friday defended how they recently redrew state House districts after state judges ruled lines drawn two years ago were tainted by extreme partisan bias favoring the GOP. In a legal brief, ...

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North Carolina legislators who are redrawing dozens of General Assembly districts that judges deemed illegal partisan gerrymanders turned Monday to considering district lines generated by a key expert for those who successfully sued over the maps. The House and Senate ...

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A judicial panel on Monday ruled that North Carolina Republican legislators can avoid testifying for an upcoming redistricting trial over state legislative maps. But the three judges also ruled that some of the lawmakers can’t change their minds on seeing ...

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Lawmakers who want to reform the redistricting process in North Carolina say uncertainty over pending map litigation and the shaky balance of power at the legislature make them more optimistic their ideas will be voted on this year. House Democrats ...

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Yet another redistricting lawsuit has been filed in North Carolina, this one challenging General Assembly boundaries that Democrats and election reform advocates say remain illegally tainted by excessive favoritism toward Republicans. Common Cause North Carolina, the state Democratic Party and ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case. The arguments justices will ...

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Legislators in the North Carolina House of Representatives are barreling ahead with plans to redraw the state’s judicial and prosecutorial districts despite pleas from stakeholders across the legal system asking them take a more deliberative approach to the major overhaul ...

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Raleigh Wake Citizens Ass’n v. Wake County Board of Elections (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-119-16, 59 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 16-1270, July 1, 2016; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Dever, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In two consolidated cases, the 4th Circuit reverses ...

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Harris v. McCrory (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-004-16, 100 pp.) ((Roger Gregory, J.) (Max Cogburn, J., concurring) (William Osteen, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) 1:13-cv-00949; M.D.N.C. Holding: Based on plaintiffs’ direct and circumstantial evidence that the General Assembly ...

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Dickson v. Rucho (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-06-1143, 129 pp.) (Paul Newby, J.) (Cheri Beasley, J., joined by Robin Hudson & Sam Ervin IV, JJ., concurring in part & dissenting in part) On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court. N.C. S. ...

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