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Supreme Court rules for GOP lawmakers in voter ID case

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File: Poll workers wait for voters on May 17, 2022 in Cary, North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in an ongoing fight over the state's latest photo identification voting law.The 8-1 decision doesn't end the more than three-year dispute over the voter ID law, which is not currently in effect and has been challenged in both state and federal court.

The decision just means that Republican legislative leaders can intervene in the federal lawsuit to defend the law. A lower court had ruled the lawmakers' interests were already being adequately represented by the state's attorney general, Democrat Josh Stein.Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that: "Through the General Assembly, the people of North Carolina have authorized the leaders of their legislature to defend duly enacted state statutes against constitutional challenge.

Ordinarily, a federal court must respect that kind of sovereign choice, not assemble presumptions against it."Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented.North Carolina voters amended the state constitution in 2018 to include a voter ID mandate.

Lawmakers then passed the law at issue in the case to implement the change. The law requires voters to show a photo ID to vote — whether it's a driver's license, a passport or certain student and local government identifications.North Carolina Democratic Gov.

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