The parent company of WRAL-TV says four Democrats on the North Carolina Supreme tossing out voter-approved constitutional amendments is what democracy looks like. In an anonymous editorial, Capitol Broadcasting Company (which owns WRAL) says the lawmakers never should have been able to ask voters to approve the measure because the legislature was elected under maps that were deemed to be illegal gerrymanders.
But the standard laid out by the editorial (as well as the four NC Supreme Court judges) has few limiting principles that would constrain a court from tossing any laws passed by any legislature elected under gerrymandered maps.
Plus, the Wake County District Attorney could be bringing a criminal charge against NC Attorney General Josh Stein over a campaign ad against his 2020 opponent. Stein's campaign accused Forsyth District Attorney Jim O'Neill of not testing rape kits. O'Neill's lawyer says DAs don't have control over those kits, the Attorney General knew that, lied in a campaign ad about it, and violated a 90-year old law against defaming political opponents.
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