October 27, 2022
The federal government, nearly two dozen U.S. senators and a coalition of states urged the Supreme Court to reject a controversial legal theory that would bar state courts from ruling on election policy, arguing the theory is based on an incorrect interpretation of the Constitution that would disrupt election administration and lead to significant new election challenges.
October 26, 2022
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threw his support behind North Carolina election officials on Wednesday, slamming state lawmakers' controversial legal theory on election policy as "nuts" and cheekily suggesting an embattled former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and Donald Trump ally needs to do some squats.
October 20, 2022
Election officials in North Carolina have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a controversial legal theory that would bar state courts from ruling on election policy, calling the proposal put forth by Republican state lawmakers an "extreme and dangerous reading" of the U.S. Constitution.
September 30, 2022
The reversal of constitutional abortion protections last term has court watchers wondering: Is affirmative action next? But the lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are far from the only blockbusters on the docket in what is likely to be another landslide term for conservatives. Here, Law360 breaks down five cases to watch.
September 23, 2022
The Supreme Court's upcoming term beginning on Oct. 3 will focus on fights over equality, experts say. The justices will rule on LGBTQ rights and the First Amendment, voting rights and gerrymandering, affirmative action, indigenous rights and prisoners' access to habeas corpus.
September 07, 2022
A group of the country's top judges has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the long-held power of state judiciaries to review redistricting maps and rules enacted by state legislatures relating to federal elections as the court examines the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision to toss allegedly unconstitutional congressional maps.
September 06, 2022
Pennsylvania Republicans have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the power of state judiciaries in redistricting decisions and reinstate congressional maps that were tossed by the North Carolina Supreme Court for allegedly violating the constitutional right to equal voting power.
June 30, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to entertain oral arguments by a top North Carolina Republican lawmaker seeking to curtail state judicial oversight of federal elections, a move that would give the state's GOP-led legislature significant control over election procedures, including what North Carolina's congressional map will look like.