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Justices seem poised to hear elections case pressed by GOP
By MARK SHERMAN and
GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court seems
poised to take on a new
elections case being
pressed by Republicans
that could increase the
power of state lawmakers
over races for Congress
and the presidency, as
well as redistricting, and
cut state courts out of the
equation. The issue has
arisen repeatedly in cases
from North Carolina and
Pennsylvania, where Dem-
ocratic majorities on the
states’ highest courts have
invoked voting protec-
tions in their state constitu-
tions to frustrate the plans
of Republican-dominated
legislatures. Already, four
conservative Supreme
Court justices have not-
ed their interest in decid-
ing whether state courts,
finding violations of their
state constitutions, can Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent Pennsylvania primary election at the Allegheny County Election
order changes to federal Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh, June 1, 2022.
elections and the once- Associated Press
a-decade redrawing of
congressional districts. The islature doctrine, although dential election. it,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh a case. A majority of five
Supreme Court has never three justices advanced “The issue is almost certain wrote in March. is needed for an eventual
invoked what is known as it in the Bush v. Gore case to keep arising until the It only takes four of the nine decision.
the independent state leg- that settled the 2000 presi- Court definitively resolves justices to agree to hear Continued on Page 2