GOP Urges North Carolina Supreme Court to Let Lawmakers, Not Judges, Do Redistricting

Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Tim Moore, speaks to the press in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on Dec. 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

North Carolina Republicans asked that state’s supreme court on March 14 to restore GOP legislature-approved electoral maps the court previously threw out that could lead to Republican gains in the U.S. Congress and in the state legislature.

The hearing in Raleigh, North Carolina, came in a closely watched statewide redistricting case that is likely to have significant national repercussions.