Justices decline to reinstate GOP-backed congressional voting maps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 7, 2022
In their appeal to the justices, the legislators relied on the independent-state-legislature theory, which rests on the idea that two clauses in the Constitution give state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections in their states. The Supreme Court is no stranger to the theory.
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