Supreme Court Election Case in Doubt With State Court Ruling (1)

The North Carolina Supreme Court backed a Republican-drawn congressional map in a ruling that could scuttle a major US Supreme Court elections case.

The state court on Friday overruled its 2022 decision that had said the districts were so partisan they violated the North Carolina Constitution. The US Supreme Court has been reviewing that ruling in a case centering on which parts of state governments have authority to shape federal election rules.

The litigation took an unusual twist when Republicans seized control of the North Carolina Supreme Court in last year’s election. The state court said it ...