Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed ...

The 6-to-3 majority dismissed the “independent state legislature” theory, which would have given state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over ...

Supreme Court rejects theory that could have transformed elections

In a win for voting rights groups, the court rejected the North Carolina GOP argument that state lawmakers should have wide power over ...

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

State legislatures, unconstrained by state law, could then create aggressively gerrymandered congressional districts, possibly leading to an ...

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has shot down a legal theory that could've changed the way elections are run across the country.

Supreme Court denies state legislatures the unchecked power to set ...

In a 6-3 ruling, the justices affirmed the power of state courts to review state laws governing federal elections — a decision that rejects ...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects the independent state legislature theory

The court rules that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, ...

How the 'independent state legislature' theory, now rejected by ...

“Federal courts overwhelmingly rejected those Republican arguments before and after the 2020 elections, and the Supreme Court today put the ...

Supreme Court Rejects Novel Theory That Could Have Upended ...

The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the “independent state legislature” theory is not a sound legal doctrine.

Supreme Court Rejects Theory of Unlimited Power for State ...

The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that state legislatures do not have unlimited power to determine the rules for federal elections and draw partisan ...

Supreme Court Unpersuaded by the Independent State Legislature ...

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented. After the North Carolina Legislature redistricted in 2021, voting ...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects theory that would have radically ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the argument that state courts cannot review laws legislatures pass governing federal elections.

Supreme Court rejects fringe election theory in North Carolina case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the “independent state legislature” theory — a GOP-backed effort to radically change federal election ...

'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 ...

Supreme Court rejects fringe theory that could give GOP state ...

Justices reject 'independent state legislature' theory that animated GOP attempts to overturn election results.

Why the Supreme Court rejected independent state legislature theory

The Supreme Court Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a controversial conservative theory that would have drastically changed federal elections ...

Supreme Court Rejects Lunatic Legal Theory of Elections

A 6-3 ruling tossed a conservative idea that could have allowed state legislatures to enact extreme gerrymanders and overturn.

Supreme Court rejects theory that would have transformed American ...

The vote was 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion. The Constitution, he said, “does not exempt state legislatures ...

Supreme Court rejects Independent State Legislature theory - WITF

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those ...

The Supreme Court Rejected a Dangerous Elections Theory. But It's ...

The Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper rejected the most extreme version of the so-called independent state legislature theory.

Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that state courts can act as a check on their legislatures in redistricting and other issues affecting federal ...