New Supreme Court case could remove most oversight from federal elections (Jerusalem Post)

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    New Supreme Court case could remove most oversight from federal elections – By Tzvi Joffre (Jerusalem Post) / July 6, 2022

    Legal experts have warned the case could lead to state legislatures having unchecked control of federal elections.

    The US Supreme Court is set to rule on a case that could place control of federal elections entirely in the hands of state legislatures, removing nearly all oversight over these elections by state courts.

    The court announced on Thursday that it would hear the case, Moore v. Harper.

    The case was filed by Representative Timothy Moore, speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives after the North Carolina State Supreme Court rejected congressional districting maps drawn up by the state legislature as they illegally favored Republicans (also known as “political gerrymandering”).

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