North Carolina Republicans, in making their case to the Supreme Court, which they won, that their gerrymandered districts were not racially motivated but instead were intentionally politically motivated unintentionally made a case against themselves as it turns out politically motivated maps violates the North Carolina Constitution as determined by North Carolina's Superior Court. Too smart for their own good it seems. Why not just not gerrymander to begin with. If you can't win except for by cheating then you don't deserve to govern at all. Colorado just passed a law that calls for 3 democrats, 3 republicans and 3 independents to come up with the next maps. Everyone has to give a little to get a little. It's called fairness.
The money quote was:
One of the map’s principal drafters boasted in 2016 that he had given Republicans a 10-to-3 edge in seats “because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state-court-bars-using-north-carolina-house-map-in-2020-elections/ar-AAJuQGO
The money quote was:
One of the map’s principal drafters boasted in 2016 that he had given Republicans a 10-to-3 edge in seats “because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state-court-bars-using-north-carolina-house-map-in-2020-elections/ar-AAJuQGO
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