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A group of legislators appealed this decision, bringing the case to the US Supreme Court. Invoking the so-called independent state legislature theory, they argue that only legislators have the power to set state rules for federal elections and state courts have no role. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 7, 2022

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In 2020, North Carolina legislators created a congressional map that skewed district lines to systematically benefit one political party and hurt the other. The state supreme court struck down the map as an extreme partisan gerrymander, in violation of the state constitution. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 7, 2022

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Under this theory, the state legislature can operate outside of state constitutional requirements, with no review by independent courts. No checks, no balances. Just a partisan legislature making partisan rules to govern federal elections. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 7, 2022