Supreme Court seeking clarity on jurisdiction in North Carolina election law clash
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked for additional briefing on whether it still has jurisdiction in a major election law clash involving North Carolina’s congressional map that has weighty stakes for American democracy.
The justices last year agreed to hear an appeal from the North Carolina Supreme Court in the case, Moore v. Harper, but the state court’s new Republican majority agreed to rehear the dispute early last month.
The U.S. Supreme Court justices want to know if they can still move ahead, giving them an off ramp if they determine they no longer have jurisdiction.
The parties are due to submit briefs explaining their views by March 20.
Republican state lawmakers want to reverse a North Carolina Supreme Court decision that ordered a new congressional map for the state after finding the GOP version’s partisan gerrymander violated the state constitution.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3881668-supreme-court-seeking-clarity-on-jurisdiction-in-north-carolina-election-law-clash/
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