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

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue ruling following dispute over electoral maps.

Supreme Court Upholds State Courts' Authority to Safeguard Voting ...

The Supreme Court upheld the long-established authority of state courts to protect against voting barriers that violate state constitutions.

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue after following dispute over electoral maps. Plus, Brittney Griner's triumphant return ...

Supreme Court rules against fringe legal election theory | Here & Now

In a closely watched election case, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that state constitutions, enforced by state courts, do protect voting ...

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

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

Supreme Court Rejects Fringe Legal Theory Considered a Threat to ...

The justices in a 6-3 decision rejected a theory that legal observers warned could have upset the separation of powers and dramatically ...

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 ...

Victory: Supreme Court Rejects Dangerous Independent State ...

The fringe independent state legislature (ISL) theory at issue in Moore v. Harper would have given state politicians nearly unchecked power ...

The Supreme Court Rejects a Once-Fringe Elections Theory

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A Dangerous Legal Theory Returns for 2024 - Democracy Docket

You may recall that last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the fringe right-wing independent state legislature (ISL) theory.

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, a key ...

Supreme Court rules against giving state legislatures unchecked ...

The justices rejected the “independent state legislature" theory, which Trump supporters cited during the 2020 election.

How a fringe legal theory at the Supreme Court could blowtorch ...

In February, a 40-page order from North Carolina's Supreme Court found that a Republican-drawn map of the state's political boundaries for ...

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court's latest election law decision

Penn Carey Law's Michael Morse, an expert in voting rights and election law, shares his thoughts on Moore v. Harper and what it means for ...

How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy

Andrew Marantz writes about the independent-state-legislature theory, Trump's rationale for trying to overturn the 2020 election, ...

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 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 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 nationwide.

'Independent State Legislature Theory' | Brennan Center for Justice

It has even been used as political cover to try to overturn elections. At its core, the theory challenges longstanding checks and balances on state legislatures ...

Supreme Court Strikes Blow to the Right's Favorite Fringe Legal ...

Six out of nine justices soundly rejected the Independent State Legislature theory, preventing state legislatures from seizing unprecedented ...