This is a developing story; stay tuned for updates.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has just issued its ruling in NC-NAACP v. McCrory, the case against North Carolina’s worst-in-the-nation voter suppression law. As Rick Hasen has just written in Election Law Blog:
The key part of the holding is that North Carolina acted with racially discriminatory intent, a finding which not only can doom the entire law, but also can provide the basis for putting North Carolina back under federal supervision for up to 10 years for its voting laws.
The court’s 83-page decision is here. Legal wonks are still in the process of digesting it, but this looks like VICTORY!!! Gov. McCrory will, undoubtedly, appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court...and, equally likely, to no effect.