I've read a few tweets that folks don't understand what the NC Supreme Court opinion about the Racial Justice Act means: I'm going to try to explain it in layman's terms on this thread #ncga #ncpol #nccourts #deathpenalty The Racial Justice Act was a law that allowed people sentenced to death to seek life without parole instead if they could prove that racial bias was a significant factor in the decision to seek or impose the death penalty in their case #ncga #ncpol #nccourts #deathpenalty

.@CommonCauseNC accuses Senate redistricting Committee of violating court order. Hise did kick the public and media out of the area where members were drawing maps yesterday evening- it could be seen on the live feed #ncga #ncpol With the main live video feed- you can only hear audio from one of the computer stations, but you can’t see the computer screen at the same time as you’re hearing folks talk- just a broad large take of the room as a whole #ncga #ncpol

NC Partisan gerrymandering day two thread -- we expect to hear from plaintiffs' experts today at 9 am. A few attorneys and a few audience members have already started trickling in the courtroom #ncga #ncpol The attorneys in the room and a Campbell AV dude are currently trying to figure out where to place a giant TV for plaintiffs' presentation today #ncga #ncpol

We are starting now with opening statements. Stanton Jones is making the case for the plaintiffs in the NC partisan gerrymandering trial #ncga #ncpol Jones says we will hear testimony from 35 plaintiffs in the case #ncga #ncpol