This is big: The NC Supreme Court just ruled that the GOP's effort to remove Dem majorities from the state board of elections is unconstitutional (h/t @john_rimes) #NCpol appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&…
NC Republicans had passed this power grab shortly after GOP Gov. Pat McCrory lost reelection in 2016, costing the GOP its majority. A new Democratic majority could reverse McCrory's voter suppression like cuts to early voting & polling place closures in black neighborhoods #NCpol
Today's ruling marks the *second* time that North Carolina state courts have deemed the GOP legislature's effort to usurp control over the state Board of Elections to be unconstitutional. The GOP's initial law got thrown out earlier in 2017 #NCpol
Yes, these two things are inherently tied. Courts keep striking down discriminatory or undemocratic laws that NC Republicans pass, so they are trying to gerrymander how state judges themselves are selected
See here for more extensive background on this case, & why new Dem majorities would be a big deal for reversing GOP voter suppression measures ahead of the 2018 elections dailykos.com/stories/2017/4…
Dems gained a majority on North Carolina’s Supreme Court in the 2016 elections. Disturbing to see such flagrant power grabs divide the judiciary by party, but this is why the NC GOP is currently plotting to gerrymander the court elections themselves #NCpol
Phil Berger is the most anti-democratic partisan Republican you've never heard of. As NC state Senate leader, he has driven North Carolina toward extreme gerrymandering, voter suppression, & power grabs that have repeatedly been struck down in court #NCpol
Some good news: This ruling will help Dems repeal GOP voter suppression efforts. North Carolina Dems could end the GOP's supermajorities in Nov. elections, letting Dems finally uphold Dem Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of the GOP legislature's extremist policies
