Source: Danielle Battaglia, NEWS & RECORD, 7/31/17

Lawmakers have until 5 p.m. Sept. 1 to redraw the N.C. House and Senate maps that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled are unconstitutional. U.S. Middle District Judges Catherine Eagles and Thomas Schroeder and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James Wynn filed the order Monday after listening to arguments Thursday that the General Assembly has waited more than 50 weeks to redistrict the illegal boundaries as a means to further suppress representation by Democrats.

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