court and laura jarrett. i remember the reporting in december, you were reporting on what a critical impact this could have should the lower courts be overturned? yes, the state legislature said they should have the power to draw the lines, and what justice roberts saying today and the majority opinion is the way north carolina interpreted that theory, it was way over broad. he s not saying the court should never weigh in on this issue, but specifically, and the way north carolina interpreted this, it was too broad and they went beyond their authority. what this case boils down to what it could have been, if the supreme court said, yes, the legislature was within their power to draw the districts, it could be within their power to manipulate a number of ways to conduct elections from the state level and it could fall into each state s individual party to see how people are registering to vote and how the congressional districts are drawn based on the parties ruling them, bu
rest of the washington, d.c. republican apparatus responding to trump, and kevin mccarthy making headlines when he said he thought trump could win in a general election, but also saying he didn t know if it was the strongest candidate the gop could put forward. congress is in recess, but when they are back, we will be asking about that. thank you as always. that does it for me, everybody. i am back in for ana tomorrow, and right now josé diaz-balart reports starts right now. i am lindsey reiser in for josé diaz-balart. a short time ago the justices declined to impose new limits on state courts reviewing certain election-related issues, and this is a case from north carolina, so joining us is julie ainsley from outside the supreme