North Carolina’s top court to hear redistricting case with national implications

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – The new conservative majority on North Carolina’s top court will consider on Tuesday whether to overturn the court’s decision last year outlawing partisan redistricting, a move that would boost Republicans ahead of the 2024 congressional elections. A reversal could be a mixed bag for Republicans, however. After the North Carolina Supreme Court decided last month to revisit the issue, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled it may sidestep a ruling in a related case in which Republicans have asked the justices to grant state legislatures sweeping new powers over federal electio…

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