Supreme Court Rules ‘No’ On GOP, Trump-Backed Gerrymandering Theory With 6-3 Vote

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 07: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks during a rally out in front of the Supreme Court of the United States with the League of Women Voters on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The High Court today, hears oral arguments in the Moore v. Harper case which stems from the redrawing of congressional maps by the North Carolina GOP-led state legislature following the 2020 Census. The map was struck down by the state supreme court for partisan gerrymandering that violated the state constitution. Also at issue in the case is the independent state legislature theory, a theory that declares state legislatures should have primary authority for setting rules of federal elections with few checks and balances. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

State courts “do not have free rein.”

That’s according to Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. who struck down a Conservative-backed legal theory that would have transformed how federal elections are conducted.