At the link.  The Republicans had their first opportunity in decades to draw the district lines during this dicennial redistricting.  Despite an outcry of “intentional packing” and resegregation by the trifecta of media, interest groups and Democrats, North Carolina received prompt administrative clearance from DOJ for its new maps.  Even the Obama DOJ couldn’t find a reason to object to a plan that included the creation of multiple new majority minority seats.  What has to frustrate North Carolina Democrats the most is that they are no longer able to illegally racially gerrymander to retain artificial control of the levers of government.  

North Carolina has had a checkered history of redistricting. Since 1981, the Justice Department has rejected plans eight times. Legal challenges delayed N.C. elections in 1998 and 2002. North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District was the subject of four decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Make no mistake about it, this Republican redistricting plan will re-segregate North Carolina,” state Democratic Party Chairman David Parker said in a release after the preclearance, adding that “the shapes of the resulting districts make a mockery of the redistricting process and the Republicans should be ashamed of themselves.”