Source: Brian Murphy, NEWS & OBSERVER, 3/26/19


North Carolina’s current congressional districts were drawn to benefit Republicans and elect them to 10 of the state’s 13 U.S. House seats, facts that no one disputes. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is tasked with determining whether partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. The court’s nine justices heard oral arguments Tuesday on the issue, quizzing challengers of the current maps about what standards could be enforced across the country and whether by setting one they’d be opening the door to a flood of future litigation.

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