U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Republicans on North Carolina Voting Map
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory speaks with guests at an election watch party on Nov. 4, 2014, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a new congressional voting map in North Carolina this year, rejecting a Republican bid to reinstate district lines thrown out by a lower court.
The order was one of the high court’s first since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. It came without published dissent.