Last night the Supreme Court refused to stay a three-judge district court order which required North Carolina to come up with a new redistricting plan within two weeks which did not constitute a “racial gerrymander” violating the equal protection clause.… Continue reading

Richard Fausset for the NYT: The court ordered the legislature to redraw the maps, and this week, lawmakers set about their work in a special session. But this time, there would be a key difference: Race would not be factored… Continue reading

Lyle Denniston for SCOTUSBlog: Without an explanation, the Supreme Court on Friday night left intact a lower court decision that had forced the North Carolina legislature to draw up a new election district map for congressional seats, to cure “racial… Continue reading

Ariane de Vogue reports for CNN.

(I knew this would happen while I was (1) on a plane and (2) just finished my ELB blogging for the night.) The Supreme Court, without noted dissent, has denied the stay in the North Carolina redistricting case. What does… Continue reading

Richard Fausset with the evergreen NYT headline. Story: Since Republicans took control of this deeply divided state’s legislature five years ago, Democrats and their allies have complained that Republicans have been illegally changing the rules of the voting game… Continue reading

Here is the state’s letter, asking for a stay despite the passage of the new redistricting plan, based “on the disruption” from the new plan. Here is a letter from plaintiffs. They point out that the state has also… Continue reading

WRAL: The elections date measure calls for a June 7 election, unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in to stay the lower court order that demanded the new maps. So until March 15, candidates running under the maps drawn… Continue reading

WNCN: The proposed congressional redistricting map would put two incumbents in the same district. Redistricting leader Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) said Republican U.S. Rep. George Holding of the 13th and Democratic Rep. David Price of the 4th would live… Continue reading

NYT editorial.

Alice Ollstein writes for Think Progress.

You can read the 60-page response here. The plaintiffs do not address the Purcell principle question until the very end of the brief, where they say: Finally, Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1 (2006), does not, as Applicants suggest,… Continue reading