Republicans want the Supreme Court to support their plan to give state legislatures more power over elections.
How the Supreme Court could turbocharge gerrymandering — just in time for 2024: https://t.co/aiTqU9NmD3
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 8, 2022
I’m honored to be in full agreement with the great @judgeluttig on this fundamental matter. My op-ed, coauthored with @DennisAftergut, explains the fatal constitutional defects of the misleadingly named “independent state legislature” theory and spells out how to confront it. https://t.co/XTFPCk74UG
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 5, 2022
Here’s my op-ed explaining why the so-called “independent state legislature” theory SCOTUS has agreed to consider in Moore v Harper (the North Carolina redistricting case) is dangerous and doubly unconstitutional — and describing what you can do about it. https://t.co/AMdwkcnOjg
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 5, 2022
The logic of the Independence Day legislature theory Can then be applied to federal elections – if state courts have no role in electors, the Supreme Court has no role in federal elections. Meaning Shelby County, Brnovich, Citizens United and their progeny are null and void https://t.co/uatIKJwbd3
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 3, 2022
Judge Luttig has warned that the GOP’s “independent state electors” theory is part of their strategy to steal the 2024 election.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 2, 2022
In this thread, he explains why this right-wing theory is inconsistent with the Constitution. Our constitutional system and democracy is at stake. https://t.co/Xo6btc3eXI
Opinion by Greg Sargent: If the Supreme Court embraces a radical legal theory, election subversion becomes more likely.https://t.co/8ZZvg0TuQg
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 6, 2022
The fringe independent state legislature theory is a threat to our democracy. I'm worried, because this Supreme Court has already shown that it is willing to overturn precedent that undermine fundamental rights. pic.twitter.com/MP7cNTYWnv
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 15, 2022
Sad! 