ICYMI: NRF-Supported Respondents Make the Case to the North Carolina Supreme Court to Stand by Its Existing Redistricting Decisions

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ICYMI: NRF-Supported Respondents Make the Case to the North Carolina Supreme Court to Stand by Its Existing Redistricting Decisions

Washington, D.C.— On Friday, the Harper plaintiffs, a group of North Carolina voters supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF), submitted a supplemental brief in Harper v. Hall, a landmark redistricting case that is being reconsidered by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The court previously ruled in this case as recently as December 2022, when it struck down the state Senate map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. That decision also upheld a lower court’s implementation of the interim congressional plan that was used in the 2022 election. Oral argument in this rehearing is scheduled to take place March 14 before the North Carolina Supreme Court.  

Marina Jenkins, Director of Litigation and Policy for the NRF, issued the following statement: 

“Republicans cynically believe that a change in court personnel should allow them to change the law, all to achieve their ultimate goal: gerrymandering with impunity. That is now how courts should work. Given that neither the law, precedent, nor the facts have changed, the North Carolina Supreme Court must respect its own very recent precedent. 

“This should be an easy case if the court adheres to basic norms of the judicial branch. And we look forward to presenting our arguments again to the court.” 

The full brief can be found HERE. 

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