The Supreme Court that leaders of North Carolina’s Republican legislature can step in to advocate for a voter ID law in court that they believe the state’s Democratic attorney general isn’t fighting hard enough to defend.
in court that they believe the state’s Democratic attorney general isn’t fighting hard enough to defend.
In 2018, North Carolina voters approved an amendment to the state constitution requiring a photo ID to vote in person at the polls. When the state legislature passed a law to specify how the provision would work, it was vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, but the legislature then overrode his veto and enacted the measure.
Nonetheless, the NAACP challenged the law in court, arguing that it intentionally discriminated against Black and Latino voters and unduly burdened the right to vote. Aand issued an injunction to block enforcement of the law, but a federal appeals court lifted the injunction. The state’s Democratic attorney general, Josh Stein, defended the photo ID law in both federal courts, but Republican legislators said his efforts were half-hearted, more concerned with administrative issues than countering the discrimination claims. The federal courts said, however, that the attorney general was doing an adequate job of presenting a defense.
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