{"id":7908,"date":"2023-03-20T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/scotus-filing-proceedings-in-nc-redistricting-case-do-not-change-ability-to-decide-moore-v-harper\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:49:51","slug":"scotus-filing-proceedings-in-nc-redistricting-case-do-not-change-ability-to-decide-moore-v-harper","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press\/scotus-filing-proceedings-in-nc-redistricting-case-do-not-change-ability-to-decide-moore-v-harper\/","title":{"rendered":"Paghahain ng SCOTUS: Ang Mga Paglilitis sa Kaso ng Muling Pagdistrito ng NC ay Hindi Nagbabago ng Kakayahang Magpasya Moore v. Harper"},"template":"","class_list":["post-7908","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The U.S. Supreme Court should reject the dangerous and fringe independent state legislature theory (ISLT) presented in Moore v. Harper regardless of the highly unusual decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court to rehear the remedial decision in Harper v. Hall, according to a new plaintiff\u2019s letter responding to the high court.  \r\n\r\n","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[103,113,169,2066,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 The U.S. Supreme Court should reject the dangerous and fringe independent state legislature theory (ISLT) presented in\u00a0<em>Moore laban kay Harper<\/em>\u00a0regardless of the highly unusual decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court to rehear the remedial decision in\u00a0<em>Harper v. Hall<\/em>, according to a new plaintiff\u2019s letter responding to the high court.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis Court retains jurisdiction over this case regardless of the outcome of the North Carolina Supreme Court\u2019s rehearing proceedings in\u00a0<em>Harper II<\/em>,\u201d the letter states. \u201cPetitioners ask this Court to decide whether state courts can play\u00a0<em>any role<\/em>\u00a0in adjudicating congressional redistricting maps. No matter how the North Carolina Supreme Court rules on rehearing of\u00a0<em>Harper II<\/em>, that issue will remain live before this Court.\u201d\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southerncoalition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Moore-Supplemental-Brief-3-20-23-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full supplemental briefing letter here.<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Supreme Court requested supplemental briefing in\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>\u00a0on March 2, 2023, asking parties what the effect was on its jurisdiction following the North Carolina Supreme Court\u2019s rehearing of the December 16, 2022, decision in\u00a0<em>Harper v. Hall<\/em>. That decision,\u00a0<em>Harper II<\/em>, considered whether the remedial maps used in the 2022 election were still unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.\r\n\r\nThe North Carolina Supreme Court\u2019s earlier February 2022 opinion,\u00a0<em>Harper I<\/em>, struck down the original 2021 state legislative and congressional maps enacted by the North Carolina legislature as unconstitutional gerrymanders, and is the decision that was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>.\r\n\r\nOral arguments in\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>\u00a0took place on December 7, 2022. At that time, the N.C. Supreme Court had already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/southerncoalition.org\/north-carolina-supreme-court-rejects-gamesmanship-in-latest-redistricting-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejected gamesmanship in mapmaking in\u00a0<em>Harper II<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by ruling the partisan gerrymandering disproportionately and unconstitutionally came at the expense of minority voters in the state. Once the North Carolina court changed partisan composition in early 2023 however, it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/southerncoalition.org\/nc-supreme-court-majority-breaks-precedent-to-rehear-settled-redistricting-voter-id-cases-post-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">granted a rehearing of the later remedial decision<\/a>\u00a0issued in December at Republican legislators\u2019 request. The time for rehearing\u00a0<em>Harper I<\/em>\u00a0is long past, but legislators have asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to overrule that decision as well.\r\n\r\nSome court watchers have questioned whether the move in North Carolina would moot the\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>\u00a0case. The supplemental brief filed today by\u00a0<strong>Neal Kumar Katyal, a partner with Hogan Lovells\u00a0<\/strong>and co-counsel with Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) representing Plaintiff Common Cause, set forth why the state proceedings do not change the Supreme Court\u2019s ability to issue a decision in\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>:\r\n\r\n\u201cThis Court should not wait until this question comes before it on an emergency basis in the lead up to the 2024 election cycle,\u201d wrote Katyal, who also argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court Justices in December 2022. \u201cThe question presented is fully briefed, thoroughly argued, and ripe for decision. This Court is the only forum that can definitively resolve that question and provide guidance to state legislatures and state courts across the country.\u201d\r\n\r\nVoting rights advocates have called\u00a0<em>Moore\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0ISLT argument a grave threat to democracy. The legislators who subscribe to this theory pervert the Elections Clause in the U.S. Constitution to assert that state legislatures alone have the power to determine how federal district maps should be drawn, and furthermore that state courts cannot intervene in that process, nor can state constitutions be enforced if they are contrary to the will of a group of lawmakers who seek to entrench their power.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe knew from the start this brazen power grab was wrong and flew in the faces of the U.S and North Carolina Constitutions,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Bob Phillips, Common Cause North Carolina\u2019s Executive Director<\/strong>. \u201cNothing has changed on that front. We need the U.S. Supreme Court to toss this nonsensical \u2018independent state legislature theory\u2019 into the dustbin where it belongs \u2014 and there is no better time than now when we aren\u2019t on the eve of a major election.\u201d\r\n\r\nOral arguments in\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>\u00a0lasted three and a half hours, a lengthy period of time in which the U.S. Supreme Court Justices examined the flimsy legal underpinnings of the dangerous ISLT that would erode people\u2019s voting rights.\r\n\r\n\u201cISLT was wrong when this matter was briefed and argued before the Supreme Court in 2022, and it remains wrong in 2023,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Hilary Harris Klein, Senior Counsel for Voting Rights at SCSJ<\/strong>. \u201cNothing that has happened in the state proceedings has changed this fact, and the arguments and briefing show definitively that voters deserve an unambiguous rejection of this dangerous theory by our country\u2019s highest court.\u201d\r\n\r\nA decision in\u00a0<em>Moore<\/em>\u00a0is expected early this summer.\r\n\r\n\u201cChecks and balances were embedded throughout our Constitution to prevent any one person, group or political party from unjustly seizing power that rightly belongs to the people,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Kathay Feng, Common Cause\u2019s Vice-President for Programs<\/strong>. \u201cThe U.S. Supreme Court, when they release their decision in a few months, must reject this reckless attempt to hand state lawmakers unchecked power to manipulate our elections.\u201d\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Karaniwang Dahilan<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Ang Southern Coalition for Social Justice, na itinatag noong 2007, ay nakikipagtulungan sa mga komunidad na may kulay at mahihirap na ekonomiya sa Timog upang ipagtanggol at isulong ang kanilang mga karapatang pampulitika, panlipunan, at pang-ekonomiya sa pamamagitan ng kumbinasyon ng legal na adbokasiya, pananaliksik, pag-oorganisa, at komunikasyon. Matuto pa sa\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southerncoalition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>southerncoalition.org<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0at sundin ang aming gawain\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scsj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/southerncoalition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>, at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scsjofficial\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SCOTUS Filing: Proceedings in NC Redistricting Case Do Not Change Ability to Decide Moore v. 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