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State courts can review election laws, top US court rules

The US Supreme Court has taken up several elections-related cases this term [File: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]

The United States Supreme Court declined to give politicians at the state level more power over federal elections by limiting the ability of state courts to review their actions, handing a defeat to Republican lawmakers in North Carolina.

The decision upheld a 2022 ruling by North Carolina’s top court that had struck down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.

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