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Supreme court rules against fringe legal theory in key voting rights ...


Contentious Fringe Legal Theory Could Reshape State Election Laws

The US Supreme Court this month left open the possibility that it could endorse a fringe conservative legal theory that would give state legislatures unchecked ...

SCOTUS Won't Hear Case Raising Controversial Theory on State ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lawsuit from 27 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers seeking to revive the right-wing independent ...

Supreme Court Weighs Voting Rights Case Based on Fringe Theory ...

At stake in Moore v. Harper is whether North Carolina Republican lawmakers had the authority to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that ...

'Independent state legislature theory' after Moore v. Harper ruling

A major US Supreme Court ruling that rejects the most extreme version of a once-fringe legal theory has eased the anxiety of many election watchers across the ...

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms State Courts' Role in Election Cases

The Court rejected claims that state legislatures are “independent” while signaling it could review extraordinary state court rulings in federal election cases.

5 Ways the Supreme Court Could Roll Back Rights and Damage ...

The Supreme Court's right-wing majority could deal a major setback to affirmative action, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, and fair elections as it wraps up the ...

In 'Very Big Deal for the Survival of Our Democracy,' SCOTUS ...

By ruling against the independent state legislature theory, said one activist, "the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that state courts and ...

What the Supreme Court's rejection of 'independent state legislature ...

Ashraf Ahmed, associate professor at Columbia Law School, explains the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Moore v.

The Supreme Court has an electoral 'bomb' on its hands ... - Politico

A once-fringe idea known as the independent state legislature theory may not be resolved by the Supreme Court.

The 'Independent State Legislature Theory,' Explained

... theory.” Long relegated to the fringe of election law, the theory will soon be front and center before the Supreme Court, which has agreed ...

Supreme Court rejects independent state legislature theory in major ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a controversial theory that would have given state lawmakers unfettered power to set the rules for federal elections in ...

What Voters Need to Know About the Independent State Legislature ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper this December, where the court will consider a fringe legal theory that ...

Supreme Court rejects unchecked state legislature power over ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a strong rejection of a controversial legal theory that threatened to upend state election laws ...

Supreme Court Weighs Voting Rights Case Based on Fringe Theory ...

The Supreme Court is considering a North Carolina redistricting case that could have far-reaching implications for voting rights in the 2024 ...

5 Things to Know about the Next Big Voting Rights Case

The US Supreme Court will hear Moore v. Harper, a Common Cause NC case, this fall. The court's decision could upend elections and voting in the United States.

The Supreme Court Is Weighing A Theory That Could Upend ... - LAist

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea ...

Supreme Court rules against N.C. legislature theory in election law ...

The “independent state legislature theory” says the Constitution gives power over elections maps and voting decisions to lawmakers.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Election Law Case with ...

The high court is set to hear oral arguments over a case including a legal theory that some warn could upend legal tradition and subvert ...

Supreme Court May Adopt Extreme MAGA Election Theory That ...

The Supreme Court will decide Moore v. Harper, a case involving the extreme “independent state legislature” theory that endangers free and fair elections.

Is the Supreme Court About to Upend American Election Laws?

Here's what to know about a court case that could change the way Americans vote — and who decides how they do.