cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/42153201
Federal judges on Thursday upheld several U.S. House districts that North Carolina Republicans drew in 2023 that helped the GOP gain additional seats the following year. They rejected accusations the lines unlawfully fractured and packed Black voters to weaken their voting power.
The order by three judges — all of whom were nominated to the bench by GOP presidents — didn’t rule on changes made last month to the 1st Congressional District that are designed to unseat Democratic Rep. Don Davis in 2026.
When California’s map gets up to the supreme court I wonder if they’ll let it through because they know it won’t be enough to offset all the rigged Republican maps and they want to keep the appearance of being neutral or if they’ve just completely stopped caring about optics by now