A North Carolina court struck down the state’s legislative district maps on Tuesday, saying they were gerrymandered and unconstitutional under the state constitution. The legislature has until September 18 to redraw them. This case is going to be a window into the future of gerrymandering battles.

Last night, Charlotte’s City Council passed a resolution denouncing President Donald Trump’s recent “racist and xenophobic social media tweets and comments.” RNC 2020 should be fun!

More surprises from dead gerrymanderer Thomas Hofeller: his records provided the basis for a legal claim that the North Carolina GOP “misled a federal court to prolong the life of their map of state legislative districts, which had been ruled unconstitutional,” according to the New York Times.