North Carolina Supreme Court uses new Republican majority to rehear arguments in redistricting case
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The North Carolina Supreme Court is rehearing arguments in a redistricting case it ruled on three months prior, when Democrats held a 4-3 seat advantage.
In December, the Democrat-leaning court threw out a state Senate map the GOP-led legislature had drawn and upheld congressional boundaries drawn by trial judges. That ruling stemmed from a landmark February 2022 decision declaring state courts had authority to dismiss voting lines that would give an upper hand to one party in a state that is narrowly divided among political parties. Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. Story tips can be sent to kyle.morris@fox.com and on Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.
The Democrat-majority court pointed to evidence that showed maps approved by the General Assembly in fall 2021 made it nearly impossible for Democrats to win majorities in the state legislature or Congress, even though the state is marked by closely divided statewide elections.