US supreme court case could give state politicians huge power over elections

Nation's highest court to hear North Carolina case seeking to remove state courts' oversight of elections for federal office

The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to hear a case that could dramatically upend the fight over voting in America and give state lawmakers enormous power in setting rules for elections to federal office.

The case, Moore v Harper, asks the supreme court to endorse the independent state legislature theory" - the idea that state legislatures have exclusive authority to set the rules for federal elections. Republicans have complete control of government in 23 states, and have used redistricting to lock in their advantage for the next decade in many places.