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LISTEN LIVE: The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have major ramifications on election laws.

from North Carolina that has brought warnings from experts of the disruptions it could cause to elections nationwide and unchecked power it could give to state legislatures over voting rules., the case stems from the redrawing of the congressional map by North Carolina's GOP-led legislature in the wake of the 2020 Census, which was struck down by the state supreme court as an extreme partisan gerrymander that violated the North Carolina Constitution.

Justice Elena Kagan highlighted the consequences of the court adopting the idea, calling it a"theory with big consequences." Heading into oral arguments, though, it's unclear whether a majority of the justices is ready to endorse the theory, and some court watchers are skeptical the Supreme Court will do so.

"That textual choice has an obvious and unavoidable consequence: the power to regulate federal elections lies with state legislatures exclusively," lawyers for North Carolina Republican leaders said in aPointing to the history, text of the Constitution, and Supreme Court precedent, the GOP state lawmakers claimed the Constitution's"carefully drawn lines place the regulation of federal elections in the hands of state legislatures, Congress, and no one else.

 

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