Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 1:08:03 GMT -6
NC lawmakers to mapmakers: Don’t consider race in congressional districts
RALEIGH -- A special legislative committee on Tuesday approved guidelines for redrawing two congressional districts in a way that satisfies federal judges that they are not racial gerrymandering but does not consider race.
Mapmakers hired by Republican legislators were to begin using the criteria to start redrawing the 1st and 12th districts to submit to the full General Assembly for approval by the Friday deadline set by a panel of judges in a ruling Feb. 5.
All the while, those lawmakers still hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will grant their motion to put that deadline on hold and rule in their favor on the constitutionality of the original House districts, which were drawn in 2011.
While the special committee met Tuesday, those challenging the districts gave U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts their response to the state’s motion to stay a lower court’s ruling that invalidated the 2011 maps. The plaintiffs argue that no further elections should be held in districts that have been ruled unconstitutional.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article60645276.html
RALEIGH -- A special legislative committee on Tuesday approved guidelines for redrawing two congressional districts in a way that satisfies federal judges that they are not racial gerrymandering but does not consider race.
Mapmakers hired by Republican legislators were to begin using the criteria to start redrawing the 1st and 12th districts to submit to the full General Assembly for approval by the Friday deadline set by a panel of judges in a ruling Feb. 5.
All the while, those lawmakers still hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will grant their motion to put that deadline on hold and rule in their favor on the constitutionality of the original House districts, which were drawn in 2011.
While the special committee met Tuesday, those challenging the districts gave U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts their response to the state’s motion to stay a lower court’s ruling that invalidated the 2011 maps. The plaintiffs argue that no further elections should be held in districts that have been ruled unconstitutional.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article60645276.html