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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop state court judges defend their election oversight at U.S. Supreme Court
Reuters via Yahoo News(Reuters) - A group representing the top judges in all 50 states is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to shield actions taken by state legislatures affecting federal elections - such as reconfiguring electoral districts and imposing voting restrictions - from the scrutiny of state courts.
The bipartisan Conference of Chief Justices filed the brief on Tuesday in a closely watched case involving a map drawn by the Republican-led North Carolina legislature of the state's 14 U.S. House of Representatives districts. The state's top court struck down the map on Feb. 4, concluding that the districts were crafted in a manner intentionally biased against Democrats, diluting their "fundamental right to equal voting power."
The Conference of Chief Justices argued that the U.S. Constitution does not prevent state courts from reviewing such congressional maps for violations of state constitutions, as the Republican state legislators defending the map argue.
The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the Republican arguments seeking to exempt U.S. congressional electoral maps from legal review in state courts. A lower state court on Feb. 23 rejected a redrawn map submitted by the legislature and instead adopted a different map drawn by a bipartisan group of experts.
The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case in its next term, which begins in October, with a decision due by June.
The bipartisan Conference of Chief Justices filed the brief on Tuesday in a closely watched case involving a map drawn by the Republican-led North Carolina legislature of the state's 14 U.S. House of Representatives districts. The state's top court struck down the map on Feb. 4, concluding that the districts were crafted in a manner intentionally biased against Democrats, diluting their "fundamental right to equal voting power."
The Conference of Chief Justices argued that the U.S. Constitution does not prevent state courts from reviewing such congressional maps for violations of state constitutions, as the Republican state legislators defending the map argue.
The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the Republican arguments seeking to exempt U.S. congressional electoral maps from legal review in state courts. A lower state court on Feb. 23 rejected a redrawn map submitted by the legislature and instead adopted a different map drawn by a bipartisan group of experts.
The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case in its next term, which begins in October, with a decision due by June.
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Top state court judges defend their election oversight at U.S. Supreme Court (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Sep 2022
OP
Lawyers and judges will become irrelevant if legislatures write them off the legal code
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2022
#2
Need to make some noise -- the Extreme Court could make this the last free election for many.
Hermit-The-Prog
Sep 2022
#4
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)1. Tyranny of the minority.
Resist.
bucolic_frolic
(43,176 posts)2. Lawyers and judges will become irrelevant if legislatures write them off the legal code
Hoping they all see this.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)3. I'm sure the SC is "concerned."
🤢🤮
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)4. Need to make some noise -- the Extreme Court could make this the last free election for many.
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