The Supreme Court Rejects the Independent State Legislature Theory
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🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This week the Supreme Court handed down Moore versus Harper a significant decision regarding elections in America. |
| 0:07.5 | In a six to three ruling, the court rejected the independent state legislature theory and found that the election clause does not give state |
| 0:14.5 | legislatures exclusive power over elections. |
| 0:17.6 | Hello friends, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We The |
| 0:24.0 | Weekly Show of Constitutional Debate. |
| 0:27.3 | The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the |
| 0:35.3 | Constitution among the American people. Joining us to discuss the more decision |
| 0:41.6 | and what it means for the future of elections are Judge |
| 0:45.8 | Michael Ludig and Professor Evan Bernick. |
| 0:48.8 | Judge Michael Ludig served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. |
| 0:52.6 | He is a trustee of the National Constitution Center, |
| 0:55.9 | and he served as co-counsel for the respondents |
| 0:58.4 | in Moore versus Harper and has written extensively |
| 1:01.2 | about the case. |
| 1:02.2 | Judge Ludig, welcome back to We The People. |
| 1:05.0 | Thank you, Jeff. |
| 1:05.7 | It's a pleasure to be on with you today. |
| 1:09.2 | And Evan Bernick is assistant professor of law |
| 1:11.2 | at Northern Illinois University College of Law. |
| 1:14.3 | He filed a brief in the case in support of Harper and is the co-author of the original meaning |
| 1:19.1 | of the 14th Amendment, its letter and spirit, which he co-wrote with Randy Barnett. |
| 1:24.7 | Evan, it's great to welcome you back to We The People. |
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