Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr’s request for a new oral argument in his “fair elections” lawsuit is both “improper” and “untimely.” That’s according to a court filing Tuesday from state legislative leaders.
North Carolina’s congressional and legislative election maps head to trial next week before a three-judge federal court panel. The NAACP, Common Cause, and individual voters challenge the maps as violating the US Constitution’s ban on racial gerrymandering.
A legal battle over North Carolina’s state Senate election map is scheduled for a federal trial next week. Parties on both sides of the dispute filed documents Monday setting up their arguments in the case.
Top legislative leaders urge a federal Appeals Court to dismiss an appeal from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Lawmakers filed a motion Friday, roughly three hours after the plaintiffs blamed a trial judge for delays in the case.
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