Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Threatened Election Integrity

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The court ruled that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions. Three conservative joined with the court's liberal wing in a 6-to-3 decision.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Leslie from Boston, Massachusetts.
0:03.2	Currently, I'm trying to find a way to fit my hiking boots into my carry-on suitcase
0:07.4	for my first trip to Iceland.
0:09.0	Ooh, Iceland.
0:10.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:12.0	12.07 pm on Tuesday, June 27th.
0:15.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I'll still be frallicking in the midnight
0:19.3	sun.
0:20.3	Okay, now here's the show.
0:22.3	Iceland seems like a lovely place to vacation in the summertime.
0:28.3	Mm-hmm.
0:29.3	Hey, there.
0:30.3	It's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:31.3	I'm Susan Davis.
0:32.3	I cover politics.
0:33.3	I'm Hansi LaWong.
0:34.3	I cover voting.
0:35.3	And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:38.0	And the US Supreme Court has rejected a legal theory that state lawmakers have a special
0:43.2	power over how federal elections are run that cannot be checked by state courts or state
0:48.9	constitutions.
0:49.9	Hansi, this is a case that you've been tracking very closely, and it's a case that was very
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