The case before the Supreme Court, known as Moore v. Harper, stems from the redrawing of the congressional map by North Carolina's Republican-led legislature after the 2020 Census.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered North Carolina Republican leaders, the Biden administration and voting rights groups to file additional briefs in a
On the one side of the legal fight are North Carolina Republican legislative leaders, and on the other side are voting rights groups, North Carolina voters and state elections officials. The Justice Department backed voting rights groups in the case.The case before the Supreme Court, known as Moore v. Harper, stems from the redrawing of the congressional map by North Carolina's Republican-led legislature after the 2020 Census.
The North Carolina Republican leaders ultimately asked the Supreme Court in February 2022 to intervene and block use of the congressional map adopted by the state court, which it declined to do. They returned to the high court one month later, asking it to decide whether state courts have the authority to change rules governing the"times, place and manner" of federal elections, a power they argued is given only to each state's legislature under the Constitution.
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