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US Supreme Court refuses to free NC legislature from state court review in Moore v Harper

The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to affirm the N.C. Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling against a congressional map drawn by a Republican-led legislature. Tuesday’s decision in Moore v. Harper could have little practical impact, since the state’s highest court overturned its 2022 ruling in April.

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Locke’s Mitch Kokai analyzes Moore v. Harper N.C. congressional redistricting case

Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, describes North Carolina’s Moore v. Harper congressional redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Kokai offered these comments during a Dec. 6, 2022, appearance on One America News Network.

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Carolina Journal’s Donna King assesses Moore v. Harper redistricting case

Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the Moore v. Harper N.C. congressional redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court. King offered these comments during the Dec. 2, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”

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Independent State Legislature Doctrine gives new name to established constitutional concept

Jeanette Doran, president and general counsel of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, rebuts arguments about the Independent State Legislature Doctrine, a concept tied to North Carolina’s Moore v. Harper redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Groups line up against N.C. lawmakers in U.S. Supreme Court redistricting case

A group of retired four-star generals and admirals, the speaker of Puerto Rico’s state House, a U.S. senator who once attacked the John Locke Foundation on the Senate floor, and Arnold Schwarzenegger are among the parties arguing against N.C. lawmakers in a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case. The court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 7.

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U.S. Supreme Court to hear N.C. redistricting dispute on Dec. 7

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 7 in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention. The court announced the hearing date Tuesday. Moore v. Harper could determine what role state courts can play in rejecting congressional election maps drawn by legislatures.

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Republicans in other states split on N.C.’s redistricting argument at U.S. Supreme Court

Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate endorse N.C. lawmakers’ case in the Moore v. Harper redistricting dispute at the U.S. Supreme Court. But Missouri’s high-profile Republican secretary of state warns against a key element of the case put forward by N.C. legislative leaders. Those contrasting opinions became clear in friend-of-the-court briefs filed Friday at the nation’s highest court.

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