▲ 160 ▼ Supreme Court Rejects Right-Wing ‘Theory’ That Would Have Upended American Elections (talkingpointsmemo.com) submitted 3 years ago by Remillard@kbin.social to c/politics@kbin.social 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments The Supreme Court rejected the independent state legislature theory in a bombshell decision Tuesday, turning back a right-wing attempt to vest the sole power in administering federal elections with state legislatures.
[+] throwing_handles@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aezora@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I could be wrong, but I don't think the decision would have extended to the actual voting rights. At least directly. Like they wouldn't be able to make a law saying that black people can't vote; after all, it's only "time, places and manner", which in no way includes who. But they could make it much, much harder for specific groups of people to vote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago The nightmare scenario was that a highly gerrymandered state legislature could simply ignore the voice of its voters and direct its electors in the Electoral College to vote for a Republican regardless. It is a plausible textualist reading of the Constitution, though obviously very counter to actual practice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aezora@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I could be wrong, but I don't think the decision would have extended to the actual voting rights. At least directly. Like they wouldn't be able to make a law saying that black people can't vote; after all, it's only "time, places and manner", which in no way includes who. But they could make it much, much harder for specific groups of people to vote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago The nightmare scenario was that a highly gerrymandered state legislature could simply ignore the voice of its voters and direct its electors in the Electoral College to vote for a Republican regardless. It is a plausible textualist reading of the Constitution, though obviously very counter to actual practice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago The nightmare scenario was that a highly gerrymandered state legislature could simply ignore the voice of its voters and direct its electors in the Electoral College to vote for a Republican regardless. It is a plausible textualist reading of the Constitution, though obviously very counter to actual practice. permalink fedilink source parent