NC Supreme Ct: Racially gerrymandered NC legislature cannot propose constitutional amendments

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Anthony Michael Kreis
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Aug 19, 2022
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🚨🚨🚨 North Carolina Supreme Court: racially gerrymandered North Carolina General Assembly, as an unconstitutionally constituted legislature, did not have the power to propose amendments to the North Carolina Constitution. https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&pdf=41699…

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For the North Carolina Supreme Court, it isn't the case that the legislature was inherently unable to act but the margins of proposed amendments were such as to suggest the proposals may not have passed but for legislators representing unconstitutionally gerrymandered districts.
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9:03 AM · Aug 19, 2022

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https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&pdf=41699

[bullimiami]

1. Never should have been allowed to start with.

They allowed the gerrymanders because the clock was purposefully run out.

[dweller]

2. Will this affect USSC

considering Moore vs Harper bogus “independent state legislator theory” ?
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[qazplm135]

3. unfortunately

I think it's guaranteed there are five votes for the idiocy that is that theory.

It's going to be legislatures and federal courts only, and since they have the final say, gerrymandering and permanent majorities are going to be locked in for decades in a number of states.