Supreme Court to review dispute over North Carolina voter ID law
Republican lawmakers say the state's Democratic AG is not properly defending the law from legal challenges brought by the NAACP and other groups who claim it violates the Constitution
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Supreme Court announced in a brief order Wednesday it will hear a case over whether Republicans lawmakers in North Carolina can intervene to defend the state's voter ID law from lawsuits.
Those Republican lawmakers say the state's Democratic Attorney General John Stein is not properly defending the law from legal challenges brought by the NAACP and other groups who claim it violates the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
A police officer maintains a watch during a demonstration by victims of gun violence in front of the Supreme Court as arguments begin in a major case on gun rights on Nov. 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)
High court oral arguments will be sometime next year, with a ruling expected by July.
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The case is Berger v. North Carolina Conference of the NAACP (21-248).