SCOTUS rejects independent state legislature theory.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected independent state legislature theory (ISL), the legal theory that embraces the idea that the Constitution gives state legislatures unfettered authority to regulate federal elections, with little to no interference from state courts. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, while Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
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| 1:00.7 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the independent |
| 1:05.8 | state legislature theory, which just got a ruling from the Supreme Court. A little bit of a smackdown on |
| 1:13.9 | the ISL. We're going to talk about exactly what happened and what it means, what the implications are. |
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