Supreme Court Election Case in Doubt With State Court Ruling
- North Carolina court reverses itself in redistricting clash
- Top court weighing bid to strip state judges of election roles
A lawmaker holds a districting map in Raleigh, NC.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court backed a Republican-drawn congressional map in a ruling that could scuttle a major US Supreme Court elections case.
The state court on Friday overruled its 2022 decision that had said the districts were so partisan they violated the North Carolina Constitution. The US Supreme Court has been reviewing that ruling in a case centering on which parts of state governments have authority to shape federal election rules.