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Supreme Court Signals It May Empower Legislatures to Subvert Elections

Republicans are pushing the independent state legislature doctrine, which would bolster unfettered gerrymandering and Trump's efforts to undercut democracy.
March 9, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Monday that at least four justices are ready and willing to bless a legal theory that was never really taken seriously until the 2020 elections. The so-called independent state legislature doctrine, if adopted, would provide new legal cover for Republicans to use their vast powers in states to subvert elections, shield aggressive gerrymanders, and restrict access to the vote in Democratic strongholds at the local level.

Their feverish idea is that state legislatures should have complete and unfettered control over how federal elections are run and regulated, shielded even from the oversight of state courts. Against the backdrop of efforts by President Donald Trump's supporters to reverse the last presidential election and prepare for the next one, the doctrine would give carte blanche to Republican-run legislatures in swing states like Georgia and Wisconsin, which the GOP has gerrymandered, to ensure it never loses.

Update: On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Moore v. Harper, a case that will test the independent state legislature theory

"If the SCOTUS sides with NC in this case, that we have lost our Representative Republic will be completely the fault of Democrats. Democrats who were too weak this year to forgo the filibuster and pass two pieces of legislation that would have codified voting rights for the future.

Now it's probably too late. Sinema and Manchin needed to get the hell out of the way of maintaining the filibuster. Then the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act needed to be passed. It's very likely that Democrats have destroyed our democracy."

48 Democrats in the Senate are ready to vote to overturn the filibuster to pass voting rights bills, but Manchin and Sinema won't budge. To blame Democrats for destroying our democracy because they don't have enough votes in the Senate to stop Republicans from destroying our democracy is kind of an illogical thing to say.

OTOH, I think the new conservative SC is going to make happen all the things Republicans have had on their to do wish list and have been dreaming out for years but couldn't get passed through the House and Senate: