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January 19, 2018

Supreme Court Blocks Redrawing of North Carolina Congressional Maps
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The U.S. Supreme Court has frozen a lower court ruling striking down
North Carolina's congressional district map as unconstitutional. The
high court's 7-2 ruling was submitted without explanation, with Justices
Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissenting. Last week's lower court
ruling marked the first time a federal court has struck down a
congressional map because of political gerrymandering. Thursday's freeze
by the Supreme Court is likely to keep in place North Carolina's long,
winding and oddly shaped congressional districts through November's
midterm elections, in a delay that will likely benefit Republicans.


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