Top state officials gear up for Supreme Court case that could end democracy

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This case could open the door for states to essentially defy voters and assign electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate they want. (Via The ReidOut Blog)

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Top state officials gear up for Supreme Court case that could end democracy
A group representing chief justices from all 50 states filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to rule against North Carolina Republicans in Moore v. Harper.
9:38 AM · Sep 9, 2022

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-rcna46793?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Thirteen right-wing state attorneys general, many hailing from states that were part of the Confederacy, have signed on in support of a lawsuit set to be heard before the Supreme Court that would give state legislators free rein to draw congressional district boundaries over the objection of state courts. It could open the door for states to essentially defy voters and assign electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate they want.

The case, Moore v. Harper, stems from a suit filed by North Carolina Republicans, who argue the state Supreme Court has no right to apply the state constitution to bar them from authorizing extremely gerrymandered maps. That claim to lawmakers' supremacy rests on an antidemocratic theory known as the independent state legislature theory.

Republican attorneys general from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah filed an amicus brief Tuesday, detailing why they believe state courts are powerless to stop legislators from federal election meddling that runs afoul of the state constitution.

Several of those states that have signed on — such as Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana — are increasingly diverse states with large Black populations, and they have a brutal legacy of voter disenfranchisement that spans back to the Redemption Era that followed the Civil War.

This power grab is part of that tradition.

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[Ray Bruns]

1. But, but, but John Roberts said there is no more racism in America.