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“We are asked to decide whether the Elections Clause carves out an exception to this basic principle.the prospect of the justices deferring to state lawmakers under the independent legislature theory and minimizing state courts’ role in the election process had meant the case was closely watched ahead of next year’s presidential vote.

we have an obligation to ensure that state court interpretations of that law do not evade federal law.Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Elections Clause of the Constitution gives states wide authority to set the “Times.Places and Manner” of votes for congressional office.

Republicans and Democrats each have seven House seats under the current court-drawn map.handing a defeat to North Carolina Republican lawmakers who had tried to check the power of the states highest court to throw?out congressional maps.

the Supreme Court ruled that state legislatures “do not have the ultimate authority to govern federal elections

but it is critically important.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hoped there would be a strong bipartisan vote for the House bill.

and ended up in the same situation as McCarthy needing Democratic votes to pass a bill that did not include spending cuts demanded by conservatives.Congress reached a last-minute deal to fund the government through Nov.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries originally called the two-step plan a nonstarterHard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the House to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.