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


Supreme Court searches for middle ground in North Carolina ...

The Supreme Court hears a major case that could upend election law as it considers whether to reinstate GOP-drawn congressional districts in ...

Brief by State Respondents - Supreme Court

Does the Elections Clause bar a state legislature from prescribing rules that authorize state courts to exercise judicial review of election ...

The extreme danger of the Supreme Court's latest voting case.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Moore v. Harper, an “independent state legislature” theory case from North Carolina. This case ...

Supreme Court hears arguments on voting rights case - CNN

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in Moore v. Harper, a case that could upend electoral politics and embolden state ...

Supreme Court rules against controversial election law theory

The 'independent legislature theory' could have changed elections for Congress and president in unprecedented ways.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case that could give state legislatures ...

At least six Supreme Court justices are sounding skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked ...

The Independent State Legislature Theory, Federal Courts, and ...

The ISLT rests on the Electors and Elections Clauses of the Constitution, which assign decisions about federal elections to state legislatures. Proponents of ...

Supreme Court explicitly rejects independent state legislature theory

... voting maps and rules, overhauling our established system of election laws. After the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the partisan ...

Supreme Court to hear redistricting case that could upend state ...

Moore v. Harper focuses on a new North Carolina voting map after maps proposed by the Republican-led state legislature were struck down.

SCOTUS rules against 'state legislature theory' of federal election ...

In the 6-3 decision on Moore v. Harper, the justices put an end to the independent state legislature theory.

US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina's 'independent legislature ...

The theory stipulates that state legislatures retain exclusive authority over the administration of elections; therefore, state courts are not ...

Supreme Court rejects 'independent state legislature' theory ...

The Court's ruling reaffirms the ability of state courts to check state legislatures by intervening in federal election rules, ...

Supreme Court justices rule state lawmakers do not have exclusive ...

The Supreme Court ruled in a major elections case that could affect voting boundaries, mail-in ballots, and more forthe 2024 election and ...

Supreme Court Seems Split Over Case That Could Transform ...

The justices are considering whether to adopt the “independent state legislature” theory, which could give state lawmakers nearly unchecked ...

Future of U.S. election law at stake as Supreme Court hears North ...

North Carolina Republicans base their case on something called the “independent state legislature theory,” which holds that the U.S. ...

Supreme Court rules against giving state legislatures unchecked ...

The Supreme Court rules against the "independent state legislature theory," which could have stripped state courts of power to review ...

Supreme Court rules against North Carolina GOP in congressional ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a decision by North Carolina's top court but rejected the so-called independent state legislature ...

Supreme Court Rejects 'Independent State Legislature' Theory in ...

Key Quotes: Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the Constitution's Elections Clause “does not insulate state legislatures from the ...

The Independent State Legislature Theory Had a Rough Day in Court

For the last two and a half centuries, state legislatures and state courts generally thought that the Elections Clause meant that election laws ...

Montana aiming for SCOTUS appeal of decisions that struck down ...

The State of Montana wants the US Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the Montana Supreme Court's March decision striking down four voting laws passed by the ...