BREAKING at SCOTUS: North Carolina Republicans file emergency application challenging NC state supreme court ruling against gerrymandered congressional map 
The NC court found the map to violate the NC state constitution. Ordinarily that is the end of the story. But as @rickhasen suggested, this brazen run to SCOTUS is an attempt to nullify that ruling based on a view that state legislatures alone may determine how elections operate
It’s a long shot but not a gigantic stretch given what several justices have written. I teamed up with @tribelaw to explain the independent state legislature doctrine bostonglobe.com/2020/11/01/opi…
UPDATE: The court has called for a response by Wednesday, March 2 at 5 PM
The request will be docketed as 21A455
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