The NC Supreme Court gave a sensible and constrained test, recognizing the legislature's need to do business (including proposing constitutional amendments) but making clear they don't have unfettered power to remake rules in their favor when they're unconstitutionally elected.
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On balance, the justices in the majority's reasoning is sound. The remedies for violations of the political process are broad while, at the same time, ensuring relatively narrow guideposts for what kinds of approved amendments will be invalidated on political process grounds.
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The court tried to strike a smart balance between understanding the way an amendment process can be manipulated to constrain the political process while also not running roughshod over anything and everything a majority of voters directly approved of in an election.
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I'll await additional thoughts from and et al though before saying much more. But that's my general sense: a highly protective decision by the court but one that's tightly focused.
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Sensible and constrained? It’s bizarre and nutso, overruling 250 years of American democracy and the Magna Charta as well.
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I don’t see how this ruling passes the Alito “history and tradition of helping Republicans” test.
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Someone finally recognized this?
I wish they would come have a look at Tennessee.
Political scientist: North Carolina “can no longer be classified as a full democracy”
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