FILE - In a Tuesday, June 7, 2016 file photo, U.S. Rep. George Holding, R-N.C., makes remarks to supporters as his wife Lucy, left, applauds his victory at an event following the Republican Primary for the 2nd Congressional District in Raleigh, N.C. Holden defeated Rep. Renee Ellmers in the Primary. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday, June 27, 2016, to decide whether Republican lawmakers in North Carolina relied too heavily on race when they redrew the state's congressional districts in ways that gave the GOP a powerful advantage in the swing state.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Justices to review ruling on NC congressional districts

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will consider North Carolina’s appeal of a court ruling that said state lawmakers relied too heavily on race in drawing congressional districts.

The justices on Monday added the case to their calendar for the fall.

A panel of three judges struck down two majority black congressional districts and ordered the state to redraw its congressional map.

North Carolina did so and held primaries in the reconfigured congressional districts on June 7.

Voters challenged the new districts as well, but the same judges allowed the primaries to take place.

The case is McCrory v. Harris, 15-1262.

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