Moore v. Harper (600 U.S. 1)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 27, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 600 U.S. 1 · 143 S. Ct. 2065
- Decided
- June 27, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 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 MOORE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ET AL. v. HARPER ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 21–1271. Argued December 7, 2022—Decided June 27, 2023 The Elections Clause of the Federal Constitution requires “the Legisla- ture” of each State to prescribe the rules governing federal elections. Art. I, §4, cl. 1. This case concerns the claim that the Clause vests state legislatures with authority to set rules governing federal elec- tions free from restrictions imposed under state law. Following the 2020 decennial census, North Carolina’s General Assembly drafted a new federal congressional map, which several groups of plaintiffs chal- lenged as an impermissible partisan gerrymander in violation of the North Carolina Constitution. The trial court found partisan gerry- mandering claims nonjusticiable under the State Constitution, but the North Carolina…
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