On June 30, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case called Moore v. Harper. With all the controversial decisions handed down by the Court this term, its decision to take up this case slid under most radar detectors. But it could be the most dangerous case on the Court's upcoming docket. You need to know about it.
Here's the background: Last February, the North Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state's Republican controlled general assembly from instituting a newly drawn congressional district map, holding that the map violated the state constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering. The Republican Speaker of the North Carolina House appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, advancing what's called the "independent state legislature" theory. It's a theory that's been circulating for years in right-wing circles. It holds that the U.S. Constitution gives state legislatures alone the power to regulate federal elections in their states.
More here https://www.rawstory.com/dc-insider-wa ... -heard-of/The U.S. Constitution does grant state legislatures the authority to prescribe "the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections." But it does not give state legislatures total power over our democracy. In fact, for the last century, the Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected the independent state legislature theory.
Just another way the Rightwing is going to try and take over control of the elections so they can win it all.