North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last December. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Some breaking news to start things off. In a 6-3 ruling issued this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected North Carolina Republicans’ independent state legislature theory.
The decision averted a ruling that critics said would upend democracy and “sow election chaos,” as attorney Neal Katyal, who represented the advocacy group Common Cause, told justices during oral arguments last year. […]
Jeffrey Billman is a politics and law reporter for The Assembly. The former editor-in-chief of INDY in Durham, he holds a master's degree in public policy analysis from the University of Central Florida.
Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.
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