Numerous states will most likely soon submit new election laws directly to district court, bypassing a DOJ that is no longer trusted by much of the Republican legislative community.  Is a litigation avalanche in the works?  North Carolina redistricting may be the next, but not the last, to bypass DOJ and go straight to court. 

WRAL :“Clearly, we’d rather take it through the channel that we think best benefits us in terms of getting the plans through. I generally have a high degree of confidence in the courts,” Tillis said.

“We just think it’ll be a lot faster to get pre-clearance,” House Redistricting Chair David Lewis added. “Basically, all you’re doing is filing a suit against the Justice Department to pre-clear your plan, and it makes them respond.” Lewis said Republicans are concerned that “if we went the other route, it would get put off and put off and put off and put off, till all of the sudden we don’t have time – we don’t have fair and legal districts.”

Tillis and Lewis are right.