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The Fickle Nature of Partisan Gerrymandering
Some state constitutions explicitly have more voting rights protections than the US Constitution does. Not every state's constitution is the same and some state constitutions are written in ways that are more friendly to people who want to attack partisan gerrymandering. This all seems very fickle, at least in terms of how to pursue a partisan g Gerrymandering ban through the courts, right? Like just last winter, the North Carolina Supreme Court said that the state constitution bans it and now the spring they're saying that it actually has nothing to say on the matter.