A panel of federal judges unanimously denied requests to temporarily block the new map brought by a pair of lawsuits.
A federal court in North Carolina is allowing the state to use a new Republican-drawn congressional map that would help the GOP pick up another seat in the House during next year’s midterm elections.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina unanimously denied preliminary injunction requests brought by a pair of lawsuits that said in part that the new map was aimed at diluting the voting strength of Black voters, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The judges found that the challengers “presented no direct evidence” that the North Carola Legislature enacted the map for racially discriminatory purposes.
“Look, this only politically corrupt, which is perfectly fine. If the blacks get disenfranchised coincidentally, then that’s fine, too. It’s only a problem if someone admits that they were targeting those people on record, repeatedly. And even then it’s okay if you can get SCOTUS to weigh in.”
The US is terminally ill and morally bankrupt.