Federal judges ruled on Nov. 20 that North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers did not violate federal voting law in redrawing the state’s congressional map in 2023.
In an 181-page ruling, Appeals Judge Allison Rushing and District Judges Thomas Schroeder and Richard Myers said they found no evidence of discriminatory intent in the 2023 drawing of the congressional map.
The ruling stems from two lawsuits filed by individual voters, the NAACP North Carolina State Conference, and Common Cause, alleging that state lawmakers “racially gerrymandered” North Carolina’s federal and state legislative districts in 2023 in violation of the 14th Amendment.
“After considering all the evidence, we find that plaintiffs have failed to prove that the North Carolina General Assembly drew state Senate or federal congressional districts with the discriminatory purpose of minimizing or canceling out the voting potential of black North Carolinians,” the judges stated….
Judges Uphold GOP-Drawn North Carolina US House Districts From 2023
