North Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Halt Redistricting Order

Rollcall ^ | February 10, 2016

[SMGFan]

The Supreme Court is again being asked to weigh in on contested congressional districts for this year’s elections, this time with North Carolina warning the justices Wednesday of potential electoral chaos because of a court order this month.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and state election officials asked the justices to allow them to use the current congressional districts for the coming election while they appeal a ruling last week that found two districts were unconstitutional gerrymanders.

The petition went to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the justice assigned to handle such requests from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which includes North Carolina. He can act on it alone or take it to the full court.

North Carolina’s state officials want the justices to halt the Feb. 5 ruling of a three-judge panel of federal judges who found race predominated in the drawing of the state’s 1st and 12th Congressional Districts held respectively by Democrats G.K. Butterfield and Alma Adams, both African-Americans. The panel directed the state to draw new congressional districts within a two-week period, or by Feb. 19.

[SMGFan]

Packing districts with AA 's is fine for 20 years until it isn't? #12 is as ugly as most come. But Maryland districts are awful as well. NJ's 8 and 10 cut up Jersey City , Newark and Bayonne to give a Hispanic and an AA a seat with a primary battle.

[GenXteacher]

It’s mostly a plot to disrupt the election at this point, hoping to get a Democrat result. Otherwise the Feds wouldn’t care.

[BwanaNdege]

[sergeantdave]

Judges issue OPINIONS, not legally binding diktates. Judges cannot write law or nullify law. Period.

Tell the black-robed fascists to exit their courtrooms with sword or pistol in hand and try to enforce their illegal rulings.