{"id":614,"date":"2026-05-20T16:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:07:56","slug":"nc-court-of-appeals-rules-against-fair-elections-gerrymandering-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"NC Court of Appeals rules against \u2018fair elections\u2019 gerrymandering lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/appellate.nccourts.org\/opinions\/?c=2&amp;pdf=44863\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">ruled<\/a> against a former state Supreme Court justice who argued that voters have a constitutional right to \u201cfair elections\u201d that prohibits gerrymandered electoral maps.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=612\">Teachers could get higher raises. Why that\u2019s a budget challenge for Wake schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A three-judge panel on the court did not find such a right in the state Constitution, and affirmed that redistricting is within the purview of the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiffs\u2019 claim presents a nonjusticiable political question and is therefore beyond the reach of this court,\u201d Judge Chris Freeman <a href=\"https:\/\/appellate.nccourts.org\/opinions\/?c=2&amp;pdf=44863\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> for the panel.<\/p>\n<p>By arguing for a new constitutional right to fair elections, the lawsuit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article284904752.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">filed by former Republican Justice Bob Orr<\/a>, had attempted to sidestep the state Supreme Court\u2019s 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article274831436.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">ruling that effectively legalized partisan gerrymandering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=610\">Baseball is back in Wake County. A free fan festival kicks off the season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the Court of Appeals ruled that Orr\u2019s lawsuit was still, in effect, a partisan gerrymandering case and therefore not subject to review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe panel essentially confirmed that the citizens of North Carolina have no constitutional right to fair elections,\u201d Orr told the News &amp; Observer after the ruling came down. \u201cFair elections meaning in this case that government cannot constitutionally rig elections. Apparently, government can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he has not discussed a potential appeal with his clients.<\/p>\n<p>Orr\u2019s case comes after North Carolina Republicans once again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article312584734.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">redrew the state\u2019s congressional map<\/a> in order to secure another seat for their party. At President Donald Trump\u2019s request, the legislature redrew the 1st Congressional District last fall, seeking to oust Democratic Rep. Don Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=608\">NC insurance commissioner accused of sending \u2018uncomfortable\u2019 texts to ex-staffer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled there is no constitutional right to &#39;fair elections,&#39; rejecting Bob Orr\u2019s gerrymandering lawsuit and upholding legislative redistricting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NC Court of Appeals rules against \u2018fair elections\u2019 gerrymandering lawsuit - Durham Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=614\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NC Court of Appeals rules against \u2018fair elections\u2019 gerrymandering lawsuit - 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