Supreme Court signals it could punt on hot-button election law case Moore v. Harper

The Supreme Court on Thursday requested additional briefings over a major election law challenging stemming from North Carolina, a signal that the justices might punt on a Republican-backed legal theory that proponents said could limit state courts' oversight of federal election rules. Parties involved in the case were asked to file new court documents on the impact of recent actions taken by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The case before the highest court, Moore v. Harper, was argued in December and focuses on whether the state Supreme Court had the...