As it turns out, control of the House was decided in previous years by Repub controlled courts.

[berg80]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words, the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Boo hoo hoo courts rules against your opinion so they must be wrong

 

[EMH]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

Is this a 757 or a cruise missile?

 

[Independent thinker]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

So, you are in full election denial, screaming fraudulent elections. Trump's DOJ will be arresting you for election denials and claims of election fraud.

 

[Dekster]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

It is a political question as the constitution sets forth no standards for how it should be done. Don't like it, amend the constitution.

 

[berg80]

Boo hoo hoo courts rules against your opinion so they must be wrong

Once Repubs has seized control of the NC SC, they used that power to reverse a previous ruling that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution. .

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

Elected Repubs in NC seem to have a habit of unethically trying to maintain control over a purple-ish state even when Dems are elected.

North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers​

North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers

Republicans passed a sprawling bill after they lost races for governor and attorney general — and most likely their veto-proof legislative majority — in this month's election.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[berg80]

So, you are in full election denial, screaming fraudulent elections. Trump's DOJ will be arresting you for election denials and claims of election fraud.

Could you point me to the part of my post when I said anything was fraudulent?

 

[Independent thinker]

Could you point me to the part of my post when I said anything was fraudulent?

Then why are you complaining if nothing is fraudulent?

 

[hadit]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

Sounds like you need to do something about that. Better get right on it.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

Gerrymandered was invented by democrats and was great, until democrats started losing power

 

[berg80]

It is a political question as the constitution sets forth no standards for how it should be done. Don't like it, amend the constitution.

Actually, NC's state constitution prevents the kind of partisan gerrymandering that occurred. Or at least it did until Repubs got enough judges on their SC to ignore the state constitution.

 

[berg80]

Then why are you complaining if nothing is fraudulent?

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

 

[berg80]

Sounds like you need to do something about that. Better get right on it.

Snark = capitulation.

 

[hadit]

Snark = capitulation.

Oh, I'm sorry, were you trying to be serious? What were you fighting for?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Once Repubs has seized control of the NC SC, they used that power to reverse a previous ruling that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution. .

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

Elected Repubs in NC seem to have a habit of unethically trying to maintain control over a purple-ish state even when Dems are elected.

North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers​

North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers

Republicans passed a sprawling bill after they lost races for governor and attorney general — and most likely their veto-proof legislative majority — in this month's election.

www.nbcnews.com

well except the state house and senate are republican which blows your claim out of the water in fact until this year they were both super majorities.

 

[berg80]

well except the state house and senate are republican which blows your claim out of the water in fact until this year they were both super majorities.

The gerrymandered map was only allowed after Repubs took a majority of seats on the state SC, allowing it to nullify the state constitution's provision disallowing hyper partisan congressional maps.

Within 12 months NC Repubs neutered the constitution in order to enact a gerrymandered district map (affecting the balance of power in the US House) and passed laws giving them disproportionate power based on the will of the voters who elected Dems to a number of statewide offices.

You could have figured that out by yourself if not for willful ignorance.

 

[JoeB131]

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander​

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

The court’s new majority obliged, handing down a controversial opinion in late spring that abruptly abandoned any role for state courts in policing gerrymandering, declaring that gerrymandering claims were non-justiciable “political questions” off limits to the judiciary.

With overtly partisan line drawing no longer illegal, Republicans began preparing to undo the balance that had been established in the maps. The question wasn’t whether the maps would get worse — it was by how much.

The answer came this week: much worse. Under the new congressional map rushed through the legislature on a party-line vote, a balanced, 50–50 map that reflected North Carolina’s purple state politics was transformed into one that could elect as many as 11 Republicans and just 3 Democrats. (North Carolina’s governor does not have the power to veto election maps.)

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims.

www.brennancenter.org

In other words, the Repub controlled NC SC followed the lead of the Repub controlled SCOTUS.

Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts​

The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case​

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/g-s1-292/supreme-court-south-carolina-gerrymandering-case

If I were a person with a kind of orange hue, who wanted to play the role of the victim, I suppose I might claim the system is rigged against me. Even when it is so clearly not.

The Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

The Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Undermines Democracy

Unfounded in both history and legal precedent, the decision poses a risk to our system of governance.

www.brennancenter.org

I hear you, man, but Democrats need to find ways to appeal to these rural folks, who used to be a reliable Democratic constituency.

That we have poor working class folks who routinely vote against their own economic interests is a problem we need to address.

 

[BluesLegend]

Dem policies and leaders are so awesome, no amount of gerrymandering can beat them. Oh wait...

 

[berg80]

I hear you, man, but Democrats need to find ways to appeal to these rural folks, who used to be a reliable Democratic constituency.

That we have poor working class folks who routinely vote against their own economic interests is a problem we need to address.

Agreed. But Dem's appealing to a broader constituency only makes the motivation of Repubs to abuse their power when they get all the more strong. The examples in NC being among the worse though TX still has the lead.

 

[Darkwind]

Once Repubs has seized control of the NC SC, they used that power to reverse a previous ruling that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution. .

After Republican candidates won two seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2022 midterms, giving the court a conservative majority, Republican lawmakers wasted no time in asking the court to reverse earlier rulings that partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution.

Elected Repubs in NC seem to have a habit of unethically trying to maintain control over a purple-ish state even when Dems are elected.

North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers​

North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers

Republicans passed a sprawling bill after they lost races for governor and attorney general — and most likely their veto-proof legislative majority — in this month's election.

www.nbcnews.com

Seized control?

Are you under some delusion that the Republcians stormed the NC Supreme Court and then instilled their judges against the will of the people?

The legitimately nominated and placed judges to fill the seats in accordance with NC's Constituion.