North Carolina Democrats could face better odds of winning more legislative seats and helping Democratic Gov. In a one-sentence order, the justices upheld a lower court ruling that struck down 28 state House and Senate districts because they were illegal racial gerrymanders that violated the rights of black voters. The lower court, "addressed the balance of equities in only the most cursory fashion," the justices wrote in an unsigned opinion vacating the scheduling order. The lower court judges unanimously declared that GOP legislators had failed to justify creating so many districts with black voting-age populations above 50 percent. With the congressional district ruling just two weeks ago, GOP lawmakers already were anticipating the legislative maps would be struck down, too.

Source: ABC News June 05, 2017 13:51 UTC