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  • Supreme Court rules against Republicans in North Carolina elections dispute

    06/27/2023 7:24:35 AM PDT · by mooncoin · 85 replies
    NBC News ^ | 6/27/2023 | Lawrence Hurley
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to impose new limits on state courts reviewing certain election-related issues by ruling against Republicans in North Carolina fighting for a congressional district map that would heavily favor their candidates. The justices ruled on a 6-3 vote that the North Carolina Supreme Court was acting within its authority in concluding that the map constituted a partisan gerrymander under the state constitution. In doing so, the court declined to embrace a hitherto obscure legal argument called the “independent state legislature” theory, which Republicans say limits state court authority to strike down certain election...
  • Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers

    07/23/2022 12:45:49 PM PDT · by libstripper · 33 replies
    AP ^ | July 23, 2022 | MARK SHERMAN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into the “egregious breach. " Since then? Silence. The Supreme Court won't say whether it's still investigating.