NORTH CAROLINA SCOTUS GIVES DEMS LAST WIN ON WAY OUT – The North Carolina Supreme Court will shift from a Democrat majority to a Republican majority after the 2022 midterm elections. Despite that, the partisan Democrats on the court gave the Democrats a 4-3 win on voter redistricting based purely on their preference that Democrats stay in office (at least, legally, that’s the only plausible reading of their ruling).
One outlet is calling it a coup. We’re inclined to agree:
NEWSWATCH BLURB:
A Judicial Coup in North Carolina – www.wsj.com
Excerpt:
Democrats claim the U.S. Supreme Court will subvert democracy if it overrules a North Carolina decision on legislative gerrymandering. But an extraordinary ruling Friday by the North Carolina Supreme Court shows why such U.S. judicial intervention is warranted.
Four Democratic Justices struck down the GOP Legislature’s state Senate map and voter ID requirement—two weeks before the judges are set to lose their majority. The 4-3 Democratic majority has repeatedly overruled the GOP Legislature in election cases. Its ruling to overturn the Congressional map produced Moore v. Harper, the gerrymander case the U.S. Supreme Court heard this month.
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