The Republican-controlled state legislature in North Carolina is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule its state court’s decision to toss the maps it deemed unfair, and replace them with a temporary map.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court is considering Moore v. Harper. It’s a case out of North Carolina that centers around a state supreme court stepping in on partisan gerrymandering of congressional maps.
That clause states, “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof;”Justice Elena Kagan said, “This is a theory with big consequences.” “If the legislature engages in the most extreme forms of gerrymandering, there is no state constitutional remedy for that,” Kagan said. “This is a proposal that gets rid of the normal checks and balances on the way big governmental decisions are made in this country.”
Justice Clarence Thomas questioned lawyers for those who say the North Carolina Supreme Court was right to strike down the congressional maps.
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