Good "independent state legislature" explainer

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/08/could-supreme-court-give-republicans-more-control-over-how-run-elections/

No paywall
https://archive.ph/l7zeZ

Democrats got a break from the Supreme Court on Monday when the justices essentially decided not to let Republicans draw congressional maps in two states that are battlegrounds for control of Congress, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

That means members of Congress in those states will run on maps drawn by state courts that are more favorable to Democrats than they would have otherwise been.

But then four conservative justices opened the door to something else much more worrisome for the left: They indicated they’re open to letting state lawmakers run federal elections without state courts or even the state constitution having a say.

It’s based on a conservative push of something called the “independent state legislature” doctrine, and it would be a drastic change from the way the Supreme Court has seen the role of state courts — as a check on legislatures, reports The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes.

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1. Shit!