Influential groups, figures speak out on theory central to case focused on NC's redistricting

ABOUT JUSTICE.

>> A CASE GOING TO THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT COULD DECIDE

WHETHER THE NORTH CAROLINA

STATE SUPREME COURT HAS THE

ABILITY TO REIN IN HOW STATE

LAWMAKERS DRAW CONGRESSIONAL

MAPS. THE DECISION COULD THEN

HAVE NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

WRAL'S BRIAN ANDERSON HAS BEEN

MONITORING THE COURT BATTLE

THIS YEAR. WITH US NOW, BRIAN,

THIS IS COMPLICATED STUFF FOR

OUR HIGHEST COURT SICK. YOU

BOIL IT DOWN A BIT FOR US TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT? WHAT IS IT AT

STAKE HERE?

>> AND AND THE FUTURE POLITICAL

REPRESENTATION COULD HANG IN

THE BALANCE HERE. REPUBLICANS

SAY CONGRESSIONAL MAPS THEY

DROP SHOULD BE OVERSEEN BY THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN

THE STATE COURTS. AND REALLY

WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT TO SAY AS MUCH.

BUT THIS SO-CALLED INDEPENDENT

STATE LEGISLATURE THEORY IS

PROMPTING CONCERNS FROM MANY

INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AS WELL.

TALK ABOUT THAT. THOSE CONCERNS

AND WHY IS THAT? I MEAN, IT ALL

COMES DOWN TO CHECKS AND

BALANCES AND HOW VOTERS MIGHT

AND SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.

FUNDAMENTALLY GROUPS ACROSS

THE COUNTRY. STATES STATE

COURTS SHOULD HAVE A ROLE IN

OVERSEEING ACTIONS FROM STATE

LAWMAKERS. BUT THAT

RESPONSIBILITY HAS COME UNDER

SOME SCRUTINY. AND IN THIS

CASE, REPUBLICANS ACCUSE

DEMOCRATIC JUDGES A-LIST

ACTIVELY STRIPPING THEIR

MAPMAKING AUTHORITY. NOW, THIS

HAS BEEN A LONG WINDING ROAD TO

THIS POINT. HOW HOW DID WE GET

HERE?

YES, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT

NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT

REJECTED CONGRESSIONAL MAP THAT

WAS PUT FORWARD BY STATE

REPUBLICANS LAST YEAR. AND THAT

WOULD HAVE GIVEN REPUBLICANS 11

OF THE 14 HOUSE SEATS UP FOR

GRABS ARE REDRAWN MAP

EVENTUALLY PUT IN PLACE BY A

LOWER COURT. REALLY GIVES

REPUBLICANS 7 OR 8 A LITTLE BIT

OF A DEAD IN POWER. AND THIS

IS WHAT PROMPTED REPUBLICANS TO

GO TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO

STEP IN AND HAVE THEM TRY AND

SAY THAT NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME

COURT SHOULD BE REALLY CUT OUT

OF THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

AND MANY GROUPS IN THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT SHOULDN'T LET

THAT HAPPEN. WHAT SHOULD WE BE

PAYING ATTENTION TO AT THIS

POINT? WHERE DOES THE CASE

CURRENTLY STAND?

SO GROUPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

INCLUDING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT

OF JUSTICE. THEY'RE FILING

BRIEFS RIGHT NOW ASKING THE

COURT TO REJECT THIS

INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE

THEORY AND RULE AGAINST NORTH

CAROLINA'S REPUBLICAN

LAWMAKERS. SO ORAL ARGUMENTS AT

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ARE

SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 7TH AND

THE COURT'S DECISION COULD

AFFECT HOW STATE COURTS ACROSS

THE COUNTRY ENSURE VOTERS ARE

FAIRLY REPRESENTED. OKAY.

COMING UP PRETTY SOON. THANK

YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN.

APPRECIATED. AND YOU AT HOME.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE

CASE AND THE PUBLIC RESPONSE BY

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