The North Carolina General Assembly is deep up to its eyeballs on two court cases: The gerrymandering case, which they lost on appeal, and the Leandro Case, that they’ve dragged on for 28 years. Redrawing Congressional Districts occurs after every Census each decade, and again the Republicans were caught red-handed with their hands on the process. Don’t worry, the Democrats did it in the Blue States. It’s an archaic process that fits right in with the Electoral Districts rule that overrides the popular vote.

The NC Constitution states that poor counties require a comparable education standard to rich counties, that can subsidize the state’s inadequate education funding even with a large budget surplus. Their legal argument is that the NCGLA is the only entity that can allocate state budgets, so the courts must stay out of the process. It is a “show-down” between two parts of the state’s three parts. Basically, the Republicans want to destroy public education because it enables the lower classes, people of color, and others who don’t vote for them. They favor vouchers to Charter Schools that don’t have to play by the same rules, even though many of them have had their charters lifted because of malfeasance.

Even though the NC Supreme Court Supreme Justice is a recently elected Republican, the Democrats still hold the majority on the court. The maps case threw the primary elections into chaos and delayed not only the dates, but who would be running. Politicians are shuffling their legal addresses, others are dropping out, and others see the potential for a new shot at getting elected in a competitive district. The old saw “of politicians choosing their voters rather than voters choosing their elected officials” has come into play. Trump has jumped in with millions of dollars in TV ads for his endorsed candidates in the primaries. Whether or not they can win in a general election remains to be seen, considering his declining popularity even among the right-wing personality cult. He bet on the wrong horse in supporting Russia.

It’s a long time between now and November, and the general federal election, so Biden’s dismal ratings may still improve. The 40-year-high inflation numbers are killing him, even though there is not much he can do about it. It depends more on the Federal Reserve that has been slow to respond. With a war in Europe, high inflation, and a Pandemic, Biden’s agenda is full, so he has sidelined immigration reform, and that has angered a lot of his supporters.

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