Supreme Court inches toward deciding how state legislatures can draw Congressional districts
To what extent can state or federal courts limit how state legislatures draw congressional districts?
It is a substantial question with huge implications for future elections and voting rights in America. But the Supreme Court has decided not to answer it — for now, at least. But on March 7, 2022, justices suggested that the question will be answered sooner rather than later, perhaps even before the 2024 presidential election.
In two orders, the justices refused requests from Republicans in Pennsylvania and North Carolina to block court-approved congressional maps to replace ones designed by Republican-led legislatures in both states.