Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling that congressional districts violated state law.
on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.case that could have transformed elections for Congress and presidentNorth Carolina Republicans had asked the court to leave state legislatures virtually unchecked by their state courts when dealing with federal elections.
But Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court that “state courts retain the authority to apply state constitutional restraints when legislatures act under the power conferred upon them by the Elections Clause. But federal courts must not abandon their own duty to exercise judicial review.” The high court did, though, suggest there could be limits on state court efforts to police elections for Congress and president.the North Carolina Supreme Court, under a new Republican majority, already has undone its redistricting rulingJustices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch would have dismissed the case because of the intervening North Carolina court action. is pending, if the justices want to say more about the issue before next year’s elections.
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