North Carolina’s highest court Friday reversed an earlier court ruling that had declared partisan gerrymandering illegal. The 5-2 court ruling along party lines will allow the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to redraw district boundaries for both U.S. Congress and the North Carolina General Assembly, according to Roll Call, and will jeopardize at least three of the state’s House members. Currently, there are seven Republicans and seven Democrats in North Carolina’s delegation.

The bald-faced gerrymandering has not only split Democrats and Republicans, but traditional conservatives who see the ruling as another step toward authoritarianism from MAGA conservatives, as well.

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