Caught gerrymandering
However. A ruling just now:
A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, declaring it unconstitutionally gerrymandered and demanding that the Republican-controlled General Assembly redraw district lines before this year’s midterm elections.
The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because the judges believed it to be a partisan gerrymander, and it deepened the political chaos that has enveloped North Carolina in recent years.
“We agree with plaintiffs that a wealth of evidence proves the General Assembly’s intent to ‘subordinate’ the interests of non-Republican voters and ‘entrench’ Republican domination of the state’s congressional delegation,” Judge James A. Wynn Jr. wrote in a 191-page opinion that another judge joined in full.
The state has a couple of weeks to offer a better map, but if they can’t do it the court will.
That’s something, but inviting the perp to craft the fix for the crime is not an encouraging implementation of justice.
In Iowa, they have redistricting done by a non-partisan commission. I believe it is supposed to have equal numbers from both parties. That should be the norm. No party should be allowed to redraw districting lines.