N.C. NAACP v. Moore
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The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals that reversed the order of the trial court declaring void two challenged amendments to the North Carolina Constitution, holding that the trial court should have considered whether invalidating both the Voter ID Amendment and the Tax Cap Amendment was necessary "upon balances the equities" of the situation.
In the week of the final regular legislative session preceding the 2018 general election a General Assembly composed of legislators elected from districts that the United States Supreme Court determined to have resulted from unconstitutional racial gerrymandering enacted legislation presenting constitutional amendments that were ultimately ratified by a majority of voters. At issue were Session Law 2018-119 (the Tax Cap Amendment) and Session Law 2018-128 (the Voter ID Amendment). The Supreme Court held (1) N.C. Const. Art, I, 2-3 imposes limits on the authority of legislators electors due to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering to alter the constitution; but (2) the trial court's order invalidating the two challenged amendments swept too broadly, such that remand was required.
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