Supreme Court Rejects Novel Theory That Could Have Upended US Elections

The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the “independent state legislature” theory is not a sound legal doctrine.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a novel legal theory that would have limited the ability of courts to be a check on state legislatures’ redrawing of state and congressional districts. On Tuesday, the High Court ruled, in Moore v. Harper, against the independent state legislature theory, a fringe idea that there is a constitutional separation between state courts and state legislatures that...

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