Supreme Court, Led by the Chief Justice, Declines Invitation To Launch a Revolution in American Elections

A 6-to-3 majority empowers North Carolina’s supreme court to establish what the law means in the Tar Heel State.

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Chief Justice Roberts arrives before President Biden delivers the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023. AP/Jacquelyn Martin, pool

The Supreme Court, in a case that cut to constitutional bedrock, on Tuesday defended the role of the federal courts in reviewing how states conduct their elections. Coming weeks after the Nine shored up a provision of the Voting Rights Act, Moore v. Harper suggests that a precedent-defying court has not forsaken the ballast of stare decisis

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