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 in 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 the authority of state courts to strike down certain election laws enacted by state legislatures.
Thank christ. This very well could’ve finished off what democracy we do have here in the US. It literally would’ve opened the way for a permanent right-wing majority.
For how consequential this decision was going to be, it recieved very little coverage.
I definitely heard a lot about it from NPR when the case was first taken up by SCOTUS, but there’s such a huge lag between when they accept cases and when they issue rulings.
Woke up and immediately popped on the SCOTUSBlog live stream 7 more decisions to wait for but this was a massive relief to see.
“In dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by fellow conservatives Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Neil Gorsuch”
Of fucking course.
Rare modern supreme court W
Phew, thank goodness. Hopefully the Utah lawsuit has more teeth now. I hate living in a gerrymandered
