Federal court orders NC law makers to redraw districts, hold new General Assembly elections in 2017

[littlemissmartypants]

Source: WRAL

Federal court orders NC law makers to redraw districts, hold new General Assembly elections in 2017
Read more at http://www.wral.com/news/page/12706857/?break_id=16213#a5r2z1kj5kMxW21I.99

Read more: http://www.wral.com/news/page/12706857/?break_id=16213#a5r2z1kj5kMxW21I.99

[blm]

1. This is GREAT news.

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[Island Blue]

2. Thank you sweet baby Jesus!

[CatWoman]

3. well worth a listen

http://blackamericaweb.com/2016/11/28/is-north-carolina-our-modern-day-selma/

Is North Carolina Our Modern Day Selma?

11/28/16- Roland Martin talks to Rev. William Barber, NAACP North Carolina conference chair, about the newest issues that North Carolina is facing against the Republicans.

“What these people are doing is incredibly cynical and wrong. They filed bogus complains claiming voting fraud. The did that to slow down the canvasing process. Now the Governor is calling for a recount but he’s filed these bogus complaints. This is bad,” Rev. Barber said.

Click the link above to hear the entire interview.

[blm]

11. Certainly feels like it - which is why we are hoping to make NC a focus for DU

to take a stand against the GOP fascist agenda in 2017.

[Recursion]

4. Holy shit

That's much, much better than any outcome I was hoping for

[cstanleytech]

5. Now if only criminal charges would also be filed against those responsible. nt

[Ace Rothstein]

7. Yes. Otherwise people are going to turn to violence as their only option.

[cstanleytech]

10. Probably not. What I was thinking though was that without criminal charges being brought at the very

least that varies politicians will keep on trying to gerrymander districts and that criminal charges might actually cause the politicians to really reconsider their actions in the future before trying this shit.

[Equinox Moon]

6. Great News! But... it has been appealed to the Supreme Court

"We continue to believe the maps drawn by the General Assembly, pre-cleared by the Obama Justice Department and twice upheld by our state’s elected Supreme Court are constitutional, and we will move quickly to appeal."

The court's ruling is already on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, as is the case involving Congressional districts. The court will hear the case regarding the Congressional maps on Monday, Dec. 5th.

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What is this "pre-cleared by the Obama DOJ?"

[FBaggins]

9. Better now than when they regain the majority there

That is... if it can get accepted in time

Either way, however, the legislature gets to draw the next set of lines... so it's unlikely to be a huge improvement. It might, however, be enough to break their super-majority (a key with an incoming Democratic governor).

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Thanks for all of the kicks & recs. I just wanted to share some good news for a change.