Blow to Republicans as supreme court denies bid to overturn electoral maps
by Sam Levine in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5WVS2)
Party urged justices to overturn maps imposed in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that made elections more competitive
The US supreme court has rejected requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to overturn electoral maps imposed by the state supreme court in both places that make elections more competitive.
The justices ruled 6-3 on Monday not to block the new North Carolina maps from going into effect, with justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas saying they would have paused the state supreme court's ruling.
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