Supreme Court rejects two Republican challenges to congressional maps in No Car & Pa,

 

Three conservative justices dissented from the U.S. Supreme Court’s order in the North Carolina case on Monday in Washington, D.C. PHOTO: JACQUELYN MARTIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two separate Republican challenges to congressional maps in North Carolina and in Pennsylvania, representing victories for Democrats in two key redistricting fights ahead of the 2022 fall elections, Jess Bravin reports. The court noted that the Pennsylvania case is pending before a lower federal court. There were no noted dissents to that order. The majority in the North Carolina ruling provided no reasoning, as is customary in such emergency orders. Three conservative justices dissented from Monday’s order, arguing the court should restore the map drawn up by the state’s GOP-led legislature and then consider whether the federal Constitution prevents state courts from reviewing congressional redistricting decisions made by state lawmakers.