{"id":8415,"date":"2018-08-27T17:57:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2018-08-27T17:57:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:57:53","slug":"common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press\/common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Prevails in Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8415","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"A three-judge federal district court panel in North Carolina again ruled in Common Cause v. Rucho that the North Carolina General Assembly violated the U.S. Constitution in 2016 when legislators manipulated congressional districts for partisan advantage. The panel reached the same conclusion in January, but the Supreme Court of the United States vacated and remanded the decision this June following its decision in Gill v. Whitford. The Justices asked the trial court panel to reexamine whether plaintiffs had standing to sue. The panel confirmed standing and the original finding of constitutional violations in today\u2019s decision. The North Carolina General Assembly is likely to appeal the decision. Appeals of three-judge panel redistricting decisions go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, so the case could be heard there in the next year.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[103,169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"A three-judge federal district court panel in North Carolina again ruled<\/a> sa Karaniwang Dahilan laban kay Rucho<\/em> that the North Carolina General Assembly violated the U.S. Constitution in 2016 when legislators manipulated congressional districts for partisan advantage. The panel reached the same conclusion in January, but the Supreme Court of the United States vacated and remanded the decision this June following its decision in Gill laban sa Whitford<\/em>. The Justices asked the trial court panel to reexamine whether plaintiffs had standing to sue. The panel confirmed standing and the original finding of constitutional violations in today\u2019s decision. The North Carolina General Assembly is likely to appeal the decision. Appeals of three-judge panel redistricting decisions go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, so the case could be heard there in the next year.\r\n\r\nAccording to the court\u2019s decision, \u201cwe further conclude that Gill did not call into question -- and, if anything, supported -- this Court\u2019s previous determination that Plaintiffs have standing to assert partisan gerrymandering claims.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cCommon Cause and our partners in this lawsuit took the fight to politicians who manipulate our democracy and we won,\u201d said Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause president. \u201cWe anticipate an appeal and are ready to turn legislators\u2019 brazen partisan gerrymander into a historic ruling in the Supreme Court to end the practice nationwide.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cAlthough North Carolina\u2019s loud and proud admission that legislators drew districts for partisan advantage is unusual, the practice is universal when politicians are in charge,\u201d said Kathay Feng, Common Cause national redistricting director. \u201cUntil we prohibit partisan gerrymandering, a true representative democracy will remain out of reach and the voices of all Americans will continue to be silent.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWhile we look forward to having our landmark case now go before the highest court in the land, it\u2019s regrettable that North Carolina voters this November will be voting in congressional districts that have been found unconstitutional,\u201d said Bob Phillips, Common Cause North Carolina executive director. \u201cWe the people deserve better. It\u2019s time for state lawmakers to do their part and pass redistricting reform.\u201d\r\n\r\nKaraniwang Dahilan laban kay Rucho<\/em> was originally consolidated with Liga ng mga Babaeng Botante ng North Carolina laban kay Rucho<\/em>. In 2016, a federal court ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to redraw the state\u2019s congressional map because two districts were illegal racial gerrymanders. State Rep. David Lewis announced publicly and legislators placed in the official redistricting criteria that maintaining a 10-3 Republican advantage would be a primary goal of the new map. As it had decided in January, the trial court panel again determined that the districts violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments along with Article I, section 2 and exceeds the authority granted to the states in Article I, section 4 of the Constitution.\r\n\r\nTo read the decision, i-click dito<\/a>.<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nCommon Cause Prevails in Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press-releases\/common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Cause Prevails in Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/pindutin\/common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/common-cause-prevails-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Prevails in Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit - 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