(illustration by DonkeyHotey)
From politicususa.com:
The Supreme Court dealt vote suppressors in North Carolina a blow when it vacated the State Supreme Court’s decision to uphold The Republicans’ 2011 electoral maps. The Court’s order told North Carolina’s Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling in the case of Dickson v. Rucho in light of the SCOTUS’ March ruling in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus et al. v. Alabama et al
The plaintiff in the North Carolina case, former state rep. Margaret Dickson, expressed satisfaction with the ruling in a statement:
"We have always known that the current maps were unconstitutional and are gratified that the Supreme Court of the United States has now set in motion a way forward for final disposition of this long-running and wrongly-decided case."
http://www.politicususa.com/...
If you're experiencing déjà-vu, it's because in March, the Supreme Court prevented Alabama from perpetrating a similar assault on democracy:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
The NC Supreme Court was ordered to examine the Alabama ruling and rework their decision accordingly. I think that's a polite way of saying, "nice try, racists."
As was noted in the politicususa.com article, thank goodness there are at least some limits as to how much the Republicans can cheat.
David Nir has more on the story here:
http://www.dailykos.com/...