Is a gerrymandered legislature illegitimate?

[KS Toronado]

The question is now before NC’s Supreme Court

Will Doran
Mon, February 14, 2022, 4:00 AM·7 min read
Fresh off a high-profile case over gerrymandering, the North Carolina Supreme Court now has a related and similarly controversial issue to decide: whether actions taken by a gerrymandered legislature are even legitimate.

Oral arguments are scheduled Monday in the case. Depending on how they go, the case could end with the court removing two new amendments from the North Carolina Constitution, despite voters having approved them in 2018.

Because of the slow pace of the courts, this case isn’t about the new district maps — which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional this month. Instead, it’s about maps that have long since been overturned, several gerrymandering lawsuits ago.

Yet while the maps in question were ruled unconstitutional years ago, their effects linger on, this lawsuit claims, in the form of the two controversial amendments to the state constitution.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/gerrymandered-legislature-illegitimate-now-nc-100000459.html

Interesting idea, wonder where this is headed nationally?

[CrispyQ]

1. It is an interesting idea, one I'd never thought of.

I think though, that it's not realistic. Where do you draw the line? What legislation is ruled illegitimate & what legislation is left to stand? Also, we no longer have two parties that work together. One party is going to say, "My way or the highway," & they will obstruct & turn it into a clusterfuck, cuz that's who they are & what they do.

[KS Toronado]

3. I agree, this probably will not gain much traction

I will give whoever thought of this an A+ for thinking outside the box though.

[madville]

2. Since both sides are doing it openly now

Would that just mean all state maps created by partisan legislatures are “illegitimate” by this reasoning? CA, NY, and IL have eliminated several traditionally Republican districts in this last year.