The North Carolina supreme court agreed to rehear two major voting rights cases in recent days, an unusual move that one Democrat on the court bluntly described as a “power grab” by the new Republican majority.
The court will reconsider two recent rulings that struck down the state’s voter ID law and congressional districts. Both of those decisions were losses for Republicans, who both enacted the ID law and drew the districts to give their candidates a significant advantage in elections. The rulings came down when Democrats had a 4-3 majority on the court, but in November, Republicans flipped control of the court and now have a 5-2 advantage.
