Citizen Green: As legislative maps fail, NC GOP moves on to judiciary

The Republican-controlled General Assembly’s congressional maps have been rebuked by federal courts not once but twice — one for racial gerrymandering and one for partisan gerrymandering.
It’s a pretty stunning comeuppance, but the fact is they’re getting away with it. These were the maps originally drawn in 2011, and they’re appealing the latest decision on the grounds that there isn’t time to fix them before the 2018 election. And remember, in only three yea