NRF Statement on Moore v. Harper Victory

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NRF Statement on Moore v. Harper Victory

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of North Carolina voters in the case Moore v. Harper, an appeal filed by North Carolina Republicans that sought to give state legislatures near-total control over federal election laws, including but not limited to congressional redistricting. The National Redistricting Foundation, the 501 (c)(3) affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, supported the Harper respondents in this case. This is the second victory for the NRF this Supreme Court term following the win in the redistricting case, Allen v. Milligan. 

In response, John Bisognano, President of the NRF, released the following statement: 

“This critical victory for our democracy will keep our system of checks and balances intact. No one should be above the law and without judicial oversight, especially not legislators responsible for administering a map drawing process and running our democratic elections. When legislatures drew egregiously gerrymandered maps, judges of both parties struck them down after they were challenged in court. State legislators in North Carolina and across the nation should take this to heart when drawing any new maps – if they gerrymander, they will be held accountable.”  

Moore v. Harper was a federal appeal of Harper v. Hall, a landmark state court case initiated by the NRF in which the North Carolina Supreme Court originally determined that the congressional map enacted by Republicans in the state legislature was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. As a result of that ruling, a state court ultimately adopted a fair congressional map leading up to the 2022 election and upheld that map in December 2022. Since the start, the NRF has directed the legal strategy in the case and financially supported the Harper respondents and their legal team.

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