WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether North Carolina's election map is an example of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering or a legal effort by the state's Republican leaders to lock in a 10-to-3 advantage in its congressional delegation.
The court will also decide whether Maryland Democrats violated the Constitution by redistricting tens of thousands of voters to turn a safe Republican district into a reliably Democratic one.
Rulings in the cases, due in the first half of next year, will likely determine whether there will be legal checks on the politicians who redraw election districts following the 2020 census.
