North Carolina's top court gives GOP second shot at favorable maps, potentially scuttling SCOTUS election overhaul

The North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the rare and much-anticipated rehearing of Harper v. Hall Tuesday, a local gerrymandering challenge that potentially spelled an overhaul of U.S. election practices. Through the unusual move of granting a repeat hearing, the Tar Heel State’s highest court may have delayed far more sweeping action from the U.S. Supreme Court. The court’s conservatives also flexed their political muscle after the 2022 elections flipped their balance from Democratic to Republican. In February 2022, when the North Carolina Supreme Court had a 4-3...