North Carolina has demonstrated a pattern of discrimination as evident in the two following articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-in-north...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/01/the-cunning-trick...
The NC governor can no longer argue that local regulations should be considered over regional as the state law was passed to overturn a local city's ordinance.