The ruling handed a defeat to North Carolina Republican lawmakers who had tried to check the power of the state’s highest court to throw out its congressional maps.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state legislatures do not have the ultimate authority to govern federal elections, handing a defeat to North Carolina Republican lawmakers who had tried to check the power of the state’s highest court to throw out its congressional maps.
However, Roberts added, that clause “does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review.”
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