Justices to Consider If Legislators Can Defend Voter ID Law (1)

The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the GOP-led North Carolina General Assembly must be allowed to intervene to defend the state’s voter ID law, even though the state’s Democratic attorney general is already doing so.

The justices on Wednesday took up an appeal from Senate leader Philip Berger and House Speaker Timothy Moore arguing that state law specifically allows them to join the case to represent the interests of the legislature.

The leadership challenge is a procedural one and doesn’t wade into broader questions about the law requiring certain forms of identification for both in-person and absentee voting.

Instead, ...