North Carolina Republicans sue to preserve racial gerrymandering

Just before New Year’s Eve, North Carolina Republicans filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Justices to block a lower court ruling that found the GOP guilty of racially gerrymandering the state in order to stay in power. If their bid succeeds, the state legislature elections that were supposed to be held this year could be canceled....
https://thinkprogress.org/north-carolina-republicans-sue-to-preserve-racial-gerrymandering-edbe1cf51c09#.pynyb8fd1