The next step in undoing the Leandro decision started today.

Because it’s part of a bigger plan that deliberately coincides with the expansion of vouchers.

It is not difficult to see that the NCGA was waiting for the state supreme court to become an extension of the political powers in Raleigh after the last election cycle.

Berger and Moore did not ignore Leandro. They never did.

Their immediate reaction was to not honor it – loudly and in public. And a plan to combat it was immediately implemented: take control of the state supreme court and overturn it.

Look at the drawing of new legislative maps. The newly released versions were only possible with a state supreme court reversing a judgement that the same court issued last year. If they did it with legislative maps, they can do it with the Leandro decision.

Throw in some Biscuitville meetings, a public records law change, a defection of parties by a “scorned” legislator, a prolonged budget process, some casino action, a Medicaid expansion poker game, and a lot of political grandstanding, this move to get the state supreme court to “reconsider” the Leandro decision is not that surprising.

Especially when this dynamic exists: