North Carolina Supreme Court Allows Partisan Gerrymandering by GOP Lawmakers

The Republican-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court has reversed previous rulings that struck down partisan gerrymanders by Republican lawmakers, stating that North Carolina’s constitution gave state courts no role to play in policing partisan gerrymanders. The ruling is a victory for the GOP state legislature, which brought the case back to the state Supreme Court after Republicans flipped seats on the court in the midterms, giving them the majority. The ruling is a major loss for the voting rights groups that had challenged the congressional plan that had been drawn by the Republican legislature after the 2020 census, as the ruling will prevent them from going to state court in the future bring claims of extreme partisan gerrymandering against North Carolina maps.