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  1. June 27, 2023

    Justices Rule State Courts Can Review Election Laws

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the Constitution's elections clause does not give state lawmakers unfettered control to set the rules for federal elections, handing voting rights advocates a win in a closely watched elections case in which Republicans in the North Carolina legislature sought to restore their voter maps.

  2. May 12, 2023

    NC, Feds Urge Justices To Cast Aside Election Maps Case

    The state and federal governments have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to drop this term's blockbuster election case invoking a controversial legal theory on redistricting powers, saying the justices now lack jurisdiction to decide the case since the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned the decision at the heart of the appeal.

  3. May 04, 2023

    Justices Want Parties' Input On NC Election Map Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether last week's North Carolina Supreme Court ruling on election maps affects the high court's jurisdiction over a related gerrymandering case pending before the court.

  4. March 20, 2023

    SG Makes Faint Appeal To Have Justices Drop Election Case

    U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that it should probably dismiss the closely-watched election case that has been awaiting decision since December, saying, if perhaps faint-heartedly, that recent developments in North Carolina's top court caution against ruling on the controversial legal theory at the center of the case.

  5. March 02, 2023

    High Court Unsure It Can Still Hear Election Maps Case

    A U.S. Supreme Court case questioning whether state judiciaries have any say over federal election maps hit a potential hiccup Thursday when the justices issued an order questioning their authority to rule on the dispute given the North Carolina Supreme Court's recent decision to rehear the matter.

  6. December 07, 2022

    Liberal Justices Not Alone In Skepticism Of Election Case

    The controversial legal theory put forth by North Carolina's Republican-controlled state legislature met with skepticism Wednesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, as the three liberal justices were joined by two conservatives in questioning whether state lawmakers can exert unfettered control over federal elections.

  7. December 02, 2022

    Up Next At High Court: LGBTQ Weddings, Election Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court will round out its November–December arguments with a pair of blockbuster cases concerning the First Amendment rights of religious business owners to turn down same-sex weddings and a novel election law theory that could vastly curtail the power of state courts to review election laws.

  8. November 21, 2022

    NC Lawmakers Push Disputed Election Theory At High Court

    Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina have doubled down on a controversial legal theory that would bar state courts from ruling on election policy, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that voting rights groups have sought to give courts "virtually unlimited discretion" by claiming it's for the sake of a fair election process.

  9. November 07, 2022

    Solicitor General To Join Arguments In NC Election Case

    The U.S. solicitor general can join oral arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case questioning the power of state courts to rule on election policy under a controversial legal theory brought by Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina, the court said Monday.

  10. November 04, 2022

    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    This past week saw arguments in two highly anticipated cases over affirmative action at colleges and two more involving post-conviction relief for prisoners, as well as a protest that interrupted the justices' consideration of a tax case. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.