The congressional maps initially produced by North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature were projected to give Democrats only 3 of the state's 14 congressional districts, or 4 in a good year, while Republicans would win 10 or 11.
Sources
- What's at Stake When the Supreme Court Argues Moore v. ... (propublica.org)
- https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/anatomy-north-carolina-gerrymander (brennancenter.org)
- https://sites.duke.edu/quantifyinggerrymandering/2023/10/20/newly-proposed-nc-maps-are-more-gerrymandered-and-less-responsive-than-maps-struck-down-in-2021/ (sites.duke.edu)
- https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-republicans-unveil-new-congressional-and-legislative-maps/ (democracydocket.com)
More in World Events
- Under the 2003 global research settlement, each of the involved firms was required for five years to contract with at least three independent research firms, with an independent consultant given final authority to procure that research.
- House Democrats investigating the COVID-19 pandemic response found that Trump adviser Peter Navarro pressured federal agencies to award pandemic-related contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
- The previous record for the longest U.S. federal government shutdown was 35 days, set during Donald Trump's first term over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
- Under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, the deliberative process privilege does not apply to interagency or intra-agency memorandums or letters created 25 years or more before the date the records were requested.
- Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president convicted of a felony in May 2024, when a New York court found him guilty of falsifying business records related to a hush-money payment during the 2016 presidential election.
- The 2003 global analyst research settlement required research analysts' compensation to be unrelated to investment-banking business and instead tied to the quality and accuracy of their research.