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Supreme Court rules against giving state legislatures unchecked control over federal elections (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by negativenull@negativenull.com to c/news

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to impose new limits on state courts reviewing certain election-related issues by ruling against Republicans in North Carolina fighting for a congressional district map that would heavily favor their candidates.

The justices ruled in a 6-3 vote that the North Carolina Supreme Court was acting within its authority in concluding that the map constituted a partisan gerrymander under the state Constitution.

In doing so, the court declined to embrace a hitherto obscure legal argument called the “independent state legislature” theory, which Republicans say limits the authority of state courts to strike down certain election laws enacted by state legislatures.

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[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

"In dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by fellow conservatives Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Neil Gorsuch"

Of fucking course.

[–] 73rdnemesio@infosec.pub 15 points 2 years ago

Woke up and immediately popped on the SCOTUSBlog live stream 7 more decisions to wait for but this was a massive relief to see.

[–] leachim6 10 points 2 years ago

Rare modern supreme court W

[–] Sooperstition@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago

My vibes are saying that this is the calm before the storm. I fully expect the supreme court to gut LGBT rights in the name of religion in 303 Creative v. Elenis, make affirmative action illegal with SFAI v. Harvard and SFAI v. UNC, and block student loan forgiveness with Biden v. Nebraska

They might have sidestepped disaster with voting rights for now, but they’ve already done tons of damage to the environment with Sackett v. EPA and opened the door to further attacks on labor rights with Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters

TL;DR fuck the supreme court

[–] Geekmonster_ 5 points 2 years ago

Phew, thank goodness. Hopefully the Utah lawsuit has more teeth now. I hate living in a gerrymandered