Supreme Court requests more briefs in case over independent state legislature theory
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered North Carolina Republican leaders, the Biden administration and voting rights groups to file additional briefs in a closely watched elections case it heard in December, at the center of which is a theory that would grant state legislatures near-exclusive power to set rules for federal elections.
In a brief order, the court called for the parties involved in the dispute and the Justice Department to file "supplemental letter briefs" addressing the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over the case, given that the North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to rehear the redistricting dispute at its center.
On the one side of the legal fight are North Carolina Republican legislative leaders, and on the other side are voting rights groups, North Carolina voters and state elections officials. The Justice Department backed voting rights groups in the case.
