Supreme Court seeking clarity on jurisdiction in North Carolina election law clash

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked for additional briefing on whether it still has jurisdiction in a major election law clash involving North Carolina’s congressional map that has weighty stakes for American democracy. The justices last year agreed to hear an appeal from the North Carolina Supreme Court in the case, Moore v. Harper, but the state court’s new Republican majority agreed to rehear the dispute early last month. The U.S. Supreme Court justices want to know if they can still move ahead, giving them an off ramp if they...