North Carolina’s Middle Court Orders New Legislative Maps Drawn by September 1
Greensboro, N.C. — A panel of three federal court judges has ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to redraw legislative maps by September 1, 2017…
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Federal judges order NC to redraw racially gerrymandered legislative districts
DURHAM, N.C. — Voters and voting rights advocates won a major court victory today in North Carolina, where three federal judges unanimously found that…
NC high court backs racially gerrymandered voting maps as drawn
Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of state voting maps drawn by the Republican-majority legislature in 2011.
Critics…
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North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Racially Gerrymandered Districts
Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling upholding North Carolina’s state legislative and Congressional redistricting plans. The North Carolina NAACP, the League…
Court to weigh use of race in drawing political lines
Richard Wolf, USA TODAY 2:49 p.m. EDT September 1, 2014
WASHINGTON — Democrat Quinton Ross has represented a pretty safe district in the Alabama state…
WASHINGTON — Democrat Quinton Ross has represented a pretty safe district in the Alabama state…
NC Redistricting Battle Moves to State Supreme Court
On Monday, January 6, 2014 the Southern Coalition for Social Justice will present oral arguments before the North Carolina Supreme Court, urging the court to…
NC redistricting foes again seek to remove Newby
(NOTE: SCSJ represents nonpartisan civil rights plaintiff groups in this lawsuit)
By GARY D. ROBERTSON — Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Opponents of the new…