The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an effort from North Carolina state legislators to trim the power of state courts to review federal election rules in a dispute over the state’s congressional map.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the 6-3 opinion about North Carolina’s congressional districts, which a state court had ruled were a violation of state constitutional protections against partisan gerrymandering.
The Supreme Court decision backed the power of state courts to review laws that states pass to govern federal elections, and largely turned down a theory that could have given state legislatures more sway over federal elections.
