Correct me if I'm wrong, but even if the North Carolina Constitution
were to be amended deleting the requirement that counties may not be split into multiple districts (though multiple counties may make up one district),
would this not only apply to the NEXT redistricting session? I'm fairly sure that for this Constitutional change to apply to the PREVIOUS session would clearly be an instance of
ex-post facto law, which is illegal nationwide (according to both the Federal Constitution, and every appropriate State constitution).
Am I wrong? Or are the Dumbocrats not trying to make this ex-post facto?
:) ttt
A brief history to this is that the Dems redrew the redistricting maps for the coming election very skewed. Their disproportion was extremely obvious and they were ruled unconstitutional and the Court has to now decide whether or not the districts will remain valid in the coming election. If the districts are invalid, then the people previously selected from within these boundaries should also be invalid. At the rate this is going who knows if we'll get to vote. Anyone have any ideas how this may play out?
After rereading the article I think they could be able to amend the Constitution and it would be legal if done in a timely manner.