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Governorship for the first time in many years. they set about drawing a gerrymander. in 2012, democrats got 52% of the vote state wide. they got only 39% of the seats. >> i will hear argument in case 161161. >> in the supreme court seeing whether or not we can finally get a case decided by the court allowing gerrymander to be invalidated. you are up there for half an hour. the questions are coming thick and fast. >> mr. smith? >> may it please the court, what the state is asking for is a free pass to continue using an assembly map that's so extreme that it nullifies democracy. >> maybe we can ...

Which doesn't reflect the partisan presences of north carolina. >> i'm a student at north calina state university. when the state legislator gerrymandered this state not once but twice, it was a punch in the gut to our civil liberties. i know there's a resistance here in north carolina. i urge you today to take your resistance to the ballot box. forward together. thank you. >> one of the fundamental problems in our country right now and why people have that feeling in their gut that democracy is not working, it's partially because of the gerrymandering that we see in this country. the will of ...

>> one of the most extreme examples of gerrymandering is the congressional map drown by north carolina republicans after 2010. it's a map that delivered the gop an overwhelming 10-3 advantage in house seats by 2014, tur 50% state wide support into a 77% advantage. >> justice. now. >> the presence of jerry ma gerrymandering is the absence of democracy. when people hear about what's going on, i think there's a sense of confusion and anger. then i think as we have seen today, people wanting to come out and talk about it and to do something about it. >> north carolina in many ways is considered gr...

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