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Thread: As the #ncredistricting trial begins, it may be good to review the 2019 NC court decision striking down the state legislative maps drawn in 2016 as unconstitutional, based on three NC constitutional/legal principles (from my book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…) #ncpol 
Some background: following the ruling that the 2011 maps were racially gerrymandered, GOP #NCGA lawmakers went back to redraw the maps in 2016, with the expressed principle of using partisanship--which, at that time, was a legal approach to take (though it would be challenged).
Analysis of the 2016 maps for the NC state legislature indicated that GOP super-majorities in both #ncga chambers could be achieved & override any veto by the governor, as I note (page 132: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…) #ncpol #ncredistricting
