A year ago the Republicans in the state legislature drew all the Republican Congressional districts they could. Democrats sued. And the State Supreme Court – controlled by Democrats – threw out Republican districts, drew districts that elected more Democrats.

Unhappy Republican legislators sued, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule only state legislators can draw congressional districts – and no court can interfere.

The case came before the Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked a pointed question – she said state legislators get their power from the state constitution, so how can they say, Except when it comes to drawing Republican congressional districts – then the state Constitution doesn’t matter. Fair question.

The lawsuit also strikes down checks and balances – it gives state legislatures, from Maine to California, the power to draw any Congressional district they want. That could elect more Republicans here in North Carolina. But what would happen in New York and California?