RALEIGH, N.C. — A decision by the Republican majority of the North Carolina Supreme Court has complicated the work of the U.S. Supreme Court justices trying to decide whether the lower courts infringed on state lawmakers’ authority to write election law.
U.S. Supreme Court justices are asking for help understanding what effect a decision from the state’s highest court might have on ongoing litigation regarding North Carolina’s congressional districts.
Last year, North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled the state’s congressional district map unconstitutional because Republicans were given an unfair advantage. State lawmakers had redrawn the districts following the release of the 2020 census data, which granted the state a new 14th District.
