The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.
The justices by a 6-3 vote rejected the broadest view of a case that could have transformed elections for Congress and president.
A surprise to be sure, but a super welcome one.
Alito and Thomas can pretty much just phone it in at this point. Whatever the worst position is, throw them there, and 95% of the time it’ll be how they would’ve voted.