Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 23, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 23, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BERGER ET AL. v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21–248. Argued March 21, 2022—Decided June 23, 2022 In 2018, North Carolina amended its Constitution to provide that “[v]oters offering to vote in person shall present photographic identifi- cation.” Art. VI, §2(4). To implement the constitutional mandate, the General Assembly approved S. B. 824. The Governor vetoed the bill, the General Assembly overrode the veto, and S. B. 824 went into effect. The state conference of the NAACP then sued the Governor and mem- bers of the State Board of Elections (collectively, Board), a state agency whose members are both appointed and removable by the Governor. The NAACP alleged that S. B. 824 offends the Federal Constitution. The Board was defended by the State’s attorney general, who, like the Governor, is an independently elected official. The…
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