The Independent State Legislature Doctrine

The 'Independent State Legislature Theory,' Explained

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

'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 ...

The Independent State Legislature Doctrine

This prong of the doctrine provides that, because the Constitution grants state legislatures the authority to regulate federal elections, election officials and ...

The Independent State Legislature Theory - Democracy Docket

The independent state legislature (ISL) theory is a right-wing constitutional theory about who has the power to set rules for federal elections.

Independent state legislature theory - Wikipedia

The independent state legislature theory or independent state legislature doctrine (ISL) is a judicially rejected legal theory that posits that the ...

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 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, ...

"The Independent State Legislature Doctrine" by Michael T. Morley

The U.S. Constitution grants authority to both regulate congressional elections and determine the manner in which a state chooses its presidential electors ...

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.

History of the Article II Independent State Legislature Doctrine

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Five Questions on the Independent State Legislature Theory for ...

A Supreme Court case being argued December 7 could end state Supreme Courts' ability to restrain partisan gerrymandering of congressional ...

"The Independent State Legislature Doctrine, Federal Elections, and ...

The U.S. Constitution does not confer authority to regulatefederal elections on states as entities. Rather, it grants thatauthority specifically to the ...

Will the Supreme Court revive the dangerous “independent state ...

Put simply, ISLT posits that because the elections and electors clauses of the U.S. Constitution empower state legislatures to regulate ...

The "Independent" State Legislature in Republican Theory

The independent state legislature theory provides that state legislatures are not constrained by their respective state constitutions in exercising the ...

"Independent State Legislature Doctrine" by Jason Marisam

The Independent State Legislature (ISL) Theory has been one of the hottest topics in election law, with conservative thinkers championing a strong version ...

THE INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE DOCTRINE, FEDERAL ...

election systems. Moreover, the doctrine may present a potentially substantial obstacle to the use of state constitutions to combat partisan gerrymandering in ...

Independent State Legislature Theory - Protect Democracy

The ISL theory is baseless — it is inconsistent with the text of the Constitution, our nation's history and practice, and Supreme Court ...

Independent State Legislature Theory Undermines Elections ...

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of this theory, the laws state legislatures pass to regulate federal elections would become immune from the ...

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 ...

"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.