The Supreme Court on Monday denied requests by Republican-aligned groups to overturn state court decisions that rejected congressional districts drawn by the GOP-controlled legislatures of Pennsylvania and North Carolina and imposed new maps approved by the courts, NPR reports.
Per NPR, the state courts "drew new congressional district maps after finding their state legislatures failed to adopt plans that met state constitutional and statutory requirements."
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