Opponents of North Carolina’s new congressional districts filed a new legal challenge Monday — one that leans on a new interpretation of the U.S. Constitution in hopes of blocking the map from being used in future elections.

The new districts already face a racial gerrymandering challenge, filed a day after the map passed into law last week.

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The newest challenge focuses on a new legal theory: An allegation that state lawmakers, in drawing the new map, violated the First Amendment rights of eastern North Carolina voters. The new complaint, made as part of an ongoin lawsuit over racial gerrymandering in the state, alleges that lawmakers in this newest version of the map retaliated against eastern North Carolina voters for supporting a Black Democrat in the 2024 ele

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