What Moore v Harper Means for Elections

Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Shutting down the Independent State Legislator theory.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Civics 101.
0:03.6	I'm Hannah McCarthy.
0:04.6	I'm Nick Capity-J.
0:05.6	We will hear argument this morning in case 211271 more versus Harper.
0:13.3	Mr. Thompson, Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court.
0:21.4	Nick, a recent Supreme Court case, and by recent, in case you're listening in the future,
0:27.0	I mean June 2023.
0:29.3	We've got a lot of people holding their breath.
0:33.3	Because if the court ruled in a certain way, it would mean affirming a pretty radical
0:39.2	theory about the Constitution.
0:41.6	A theory?
0:42.6	Yeah.
0:43.6	Which, you know, it's in the name is just an unproven idea.
0:47.8	Science.
0:48.8	We're scientists.
0:49.8	We are scientists.
0:51.8	Unproven until the Supreme Court says otherwise.
0:55.6	Just a second.
0:56.6	If I could, Mr. Thompson, I'd like to step back a bit and just, you know, think about
1:01.5	consequences because this is a theory with big consequences.
1:05.1	It, um, well, what is this theory exactly?
1:09.4	It has to do with a certain interpretation of the elections clause in the Constitution.
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