Source: Taft Wireback, GREENSORO NEWS & RECORD, 10/4/18

 Republican legislative defendants have formally petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal of a recent ruling that found North Carolina’s current congressional districts unconstitutional. Lawyers for current and former leaders in the GOP-controlled General Assembly are challenging a Sept. 12 ruling by a Greensboro-based, three-judge panel that the current map stems from unlawful gerrymandering to favor Republican candidates.

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