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State Courts, Voting Maps, and the Supreme Court

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The State Supreme Court's Interpretation of the Constitution of North Carolina

The most relevant provision in the state a constitution simply a is simply that all elections shall be free. But for two forty six years, that language was not found to prohibit partisan jury mandering. The applicants who are members of the legislature contend that the state supreme court took it upon itself to decide the manner in which the state's congressional elections will be held. We're not doing erie doctrine to day. Yey her, very fair. A, so as ilido continues, both sides advance serious arguments, but based on the briefing we have received, my judgment is that the applicant's argument is stronger.

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