The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.

The justices by a 6-3 vote rejected the broadest view of a case that could have transformed elections for Congress and president.

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    1 year ago

    A surprise to be sure, but a super welcome one.

    Alito and Thomas can pretty much just phone it in at this point. Whatever the worst position is, throw them there, and 95% of the time it’ll be how they would’ve voted.

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    North Carolina Republicans had asked the court to leave state legislatures virtually unchecked by their state courts when dealing with federal elections.

    Because F- the checks & balances