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North Carolina's top legislative Democrats are praising a redistricting ruling by the state Supreme Court. But exactly how new lines must be formed and analyzed to meet constitutional muster remained murky on Monday.
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The state Supreme Court has declared congressional and state legislative district maps drawn by the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican majority to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered based on partisan bias.
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The court held oral arguments on Wednesday. Now justices must decide whether the maps approved by the GOP-controlled legislature in November are so partisan that the state constitution gives them power to strike them down.
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Associate Justices Anita Earls, Sam Ervin IV and Phil Berger Jr. denied on Monday the recusal motions targeting them from lawyers covering both sides of the litigation. Their decisions likely mean all seven justices will listen to remote oral arguments Wednesday in the challenges to the state’s recently enacted congressional and legislative districts.
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Oral arguments in this redistricting case are set for this Wednesday.
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Three of the seven justices have been asked by lawyers to stay out of upcoming deliberations because of alleged conflicts.
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A three-judge panel will now decide whether the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican majority gerrymandered political maps with extreme, unconstitutional partisan bias.
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The judges began hearing evidence Monday, and the state Supreme Court has told them to rule by early next week, with expected appeals to follow.
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Wednesday's testimony by House Redistricting Committee Chairman Destin Hall contrasts with comments about transparency Republicans made while drawing congressional and legislative boundaries this fall.
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Three state trial judges started hearing evidence Monday offered by lawyers for plaintiffs in lawsuits that allege district boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature in November are tainted by extreme partisanship and racial bias that favor the GOP.