NEW: In a new brief, nine Republican secretaries of state are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up an election case out of Pennsylvania and reconsider the independent state legislature theory, a radical legal theory that could upend American elections.https://t.co/yJVp4Z87mz
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) May 30, 2024
The Supreme Court could undermine elections by endorsing it. Nothing is too extreme for this bunch.
The League of Women Voters and a coalition of LWV chapters representing 50 states and D.C. have come out against the so-called "independent state legislature theory." @LWV #ISLTamici @BrennanCenter
— Tom "T.M." Wolf (@tomTMwolf) October 28, 2022
Brief: https://t.co/HDrIk5gCW8
Key Quote: pic.twitter.com/Vk8NkLUecp
CLC has filed a friend-of-the court brief in #MoorevHarper that outlines how dangerous the independent state legislature theory is to our #democracy and encourages #SCOTUS to preserve the role of state courts and independent redistricting commissions.https://t.co/49kAISAS0y
— Campaign Legal Center (@CampaignLegal) October 25, 2022
It is interesting how many conservative legal eminences are begging the Supreme Court not to do the crazy thing it is threatening to do to our elections. https://t.co/kbsCfXh9Oj
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) October 25, 2022
Retired conservative federal Judge J. Michael Luttig joins with voting rights groups as a co-counsel in a Supreme Court case in order to persuade the justices to reject an obscure legal theory that has been promoted by Trump supporters https://t.co/GnELL4e4d6
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 19, 2022
The plaintiffs in the pending SCOTUS case on the so-called "independent state legislature theory" just filed a strong takedown of the theory, featuring a key addition to their legal team–noted conservative jurist @judgeluttig
— Tom "T.M." Wolf (@tomTMwolf) October 19, 2022
Context, highlights, & analysis🧵👇@BrennanCenter pic.twitter.com/T2UucnMOgC
You need to listen to this @AliVelshi interview with @judgeluttig about the extreme version of an “independent state legislature” theory that SCOTUS is considering this term in Moore v Harper. This is the best analysis out there of this dangerous idea. https://t.co/K829qknuyo
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) October 17, 2022
Sad! 