The justices’ reasoning has not been revealed.
by: Steve Doyle GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – The United States Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from Republicans in the General Assembly to intervene on the congressional voting maps under which candidates have filed for the 2022 election. The news, first reported by CNN, and the court also rejected a similar appeal from Pennsylvania. A statement issued by Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh seemed to indicate the court used a similar logic it had used last month when rejecting a redraw of maps in Alabama. Kavanaugh then cited the Purcell principle that established such a question was too near the candidate filing window and election. But Kavanaugh also indicated in his statement that the court may consider these arguments on some future case, opening the window for rewriting the precedence the court had established for saying such matters were left to state courts. Kavanaugh, in his concurrence, to deny the application to stay the electoral map said he and Justice Alito agree that “both sides have advanced serious arguments on the merits. The issue is almost certain to keep arising until the Court definitively resolves it.” He said if there is an appropriate petition that he believes the court should review the issue — “either in this case from North Carolina or in a similar case from another State. If the Court does so, the Court can carefully consider and decide the issue next Term after full briefing and oral argument.” “In their emergency application, however, the applicants are asking this Court for extraordinary interim relief— namely, an order from this Court requiring North Carolina to change its existing congressional election districts for the upcoming 2022 primary and general elections.
