A separate panel of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond has now ruled that the gerrymandering of NC House & Senate districts is unconstitutional, but the court declined to force redrawing of existing maps until after the elections of 2016.
In other words, some members of the NC House & Senate will continue to run in unconstitutionally gerrymandered districts, but come 2017, the General Assembly must redraw the House & Senate district maps.
Where was the Fourth Circuit Court many years ago ?
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