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SCOTUS will hear arguments in Moore v. Harper on Wednesday. The North Carolina case centers around political power, maintaining political power, and Congressional redistricting.
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North Carolina’s Supreme Court has heard more arguments in the state’s recent divisive round of redistricting.
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The renewed effort is not expected to change maps for the current election cycle. The justices allowed North Carolina to use maps approved by state courts in 2022 as litigation continues.
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The N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network sought public records about redistricting from legislators and their staff. Some failed to live up to the promise of the transparency law.
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The justices are allowing maps selected by the N.C. Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections. The map most likely will give Democrats an additional House seat in 2023.
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Legislative Republicans in North Carolina want the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a state redistricting case.
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The justices declined any delay Wednesday night despite a flurry of appeals from Republican lawmakers and from voters and advocacy groups. The Supreme Court's decision means the primary is still on for May 17.
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Barring any appeal to the Supreme Court later Wednesday that results in a delay, candidate filing resumes at 8 a.m. Thursday under the new boundaries for the May 17 primary.
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Republicans who run the legislature unveiled on Wednesday new congressional and legislative plans that will be approved in some form by a Friday deadline set by the state Supreme Court. Justices this month struck down maps enacted in November, declaring them partisan gerrymanders that violated the state constitution.
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A special master will be chosen by the three-judge panel, which issued an order Tuesday laying out how they'll evaluate substitute congressional and legislative boundaries. They're aiming to follow a Supreme Court ruling last Friday that found maps approved by the Republican-controlled General Assembly in November were illegal partisan gerrymanders.