Associated Press: North Carolina map opponents ask US Supreme Court to affirm

04.27.2018 / By The Associated Press
Associated Press: North Carolina map opponents ask US Supreme Court to affirm

Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and others said they filed motions Friday asking justices affirm a January lower court decision striking down the current boundaries as partisan gerrymanders. That three-judge panel's order to redraw the map immediately was delayed by justices during the appeal, so the 2016 boundaries are being used in this year's elections. The Common Cause motion requested oral arguments as an alternative if justices don't automatically uphold the lower ruling. Republican legislators who approved the map have two weeks to respond.

Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and others said they filed motions Friday asking justices affirm a January lower court decision striking down the current boundaries as partisan gerrymanders. That three-judge panel’s order to redraw the map immediately was delayed by justices during the appeal, so the 2016 boundaries are being used in this year’s elections.

The Common Cause motion requested oral arguments as an alternative if justices don’t automatically uphold the lower ruling. Republican legislators who approved the map have two weeks to respond.