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Supreme Court Rejects 2 Congressional Districts In North Carolina

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The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down two North Carolina congressional districts, saying the state relied too heavily on race in drawing them.

"A State may not use race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines unless it has a compelling reason," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court's opinion. "In this case, a three-judge District Court ruled that North Carolina officials violated that bar when they created two districts whose voting-age populations were majority black." The Supreme Court affirmed that ruling.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529503045/supreme-court-rejects-2-congressional-districts-in-north-carolina

I actually live in NC-1, so this will be interesting when they're forced to redistrict. 

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