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The Supreme Court may soon give state legislatures total control over their states' elections, and make it much easier for them to overturn the results.
There is a police officer on the steps of the Supreme Court.
The court will hear the case of Moore v.Harper, a dispute brought by Republican lawmakers in North Carolina after state courts rejected the map they drew up for being too skewed toward the GOP.
The lawmakers asked the court to consider the "independent state legislature" theory and whether state courts are allowed to overrule state legislatures on voting-related matters or if that violates the Constitution, which states the "time, place and manner" of holding federal elections "Shall be prescribed in each State
If the theory is upheld by the justices, it will allow state lawmakers to impose voting rules they want for federal elections and take away the power of state courts or secretaries of state to impose voting rules themselves.
The theory was used by Donald Trump and his allies in post- election lawsuits to argue that the election was unfair and should be left to the states.
During the 2020 election, a judge in Wisconsin ruled that the legal argument was contrary to the plain meaning of the Constitution.
It would be easier for campaigns to use that argument in future elections if the Supreme Court upheld the theory.
What effect will the court's ruling have on the election? If the Supreme Court rejects the independent state legislature doctrine and Congress changes the Electoral Count Act, Trump and the Republicans will not be able to steal the election.
The independent state legislature theory is of great national importance and the court should decide it, wrote Justice Samuel Alito. The sooner we resolve the question, the better, according to a dissent by Alito. The Supreme Court rejected all of the post- election cases that involved the state legislature doctrine, but conservative justices have supported it in the past.
The decision by the court to take up a case that could make it easier to overturn elections comes as Thomas and his wife have come under fire for their support of efforts to overturn the election. According to documents obtained by the House January 6 Committee, Ginni Thomas encouraged the Trump campaign to challenge the election results in text messages with then White House Chief of Staff MarkMeadows. Ginni Thomas has said that she and her husband don't discuss their work with each other, which has raised questions about whether he can be impartial in election-related matters.
The Supreme Court is ready to hear the election case.
The Brennan Center for Justice explains the theory of the independent state legislature.
There is an independent state legislature theory.
CNN has an opinion on the GOP's plan to steal the election.
The campaign had a legal argument for why the election was rigged.
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