The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a state voter identification law, ruling that Republican lawmakers acted unconstitutionally to minimize Democratic voters’ power with a law that intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
“We hold that the three-judge panel’s findings of fact are supported by competent evidence showing that the statute was motivated by a racially discriminatory purpose,” Associated Justice Anita Earls wrote for the majority in the 89-page ruling. “The provisions enacted … were formulated with an impermissible intent to discriminate against African American voters in violation of the North Carolina Constitution.
Until legislators can draw maps fairly, Hudson wrote, “it remains the solemn constitutional duty of this Court and our state judiciary to stand in the breach.”North Carolina voters backed a constitutional amendment requiring a voter ID law in 2018 before the General Assembly approved the legislation that December. But the law — which Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed before the legislature overrode his veto — immediately became the target of lawsuits in state and federal courts.
“Thankfully, we are getting to the end of the reign of these judicial activists on the North Carolina Supreme Court, who have pushed their agenda from the bench rather than following the law and the constitution of North Carolina,” he said. “The right to vote is a fundamental right, preservative of all other rights. If the right to vote is undermined, it renders illusory all ‘other rights, even the most basic,’” she wrote.
The court argued that GOP leaders intentionally redrew North Carolina’s political districts in a way that significantly minimized the impact of Democratic votes in choosing congressional and state lawmakers.
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