The “independent state legislature” theory is both transparently idiotic and a major threat to American democracy

Cannot recommend this Adam Serwer banger more strongly: In Moore v. Harper, North Carolina Republicans are arguing that no other state body, including the state supreme court, has the power to restrict the legislature’s ability to set voting rules—specifically ones allowing legislators to gerrymander the state, in defiance of a ruling by the state supreme court … Continue reading The “independent state legislature” theory is both transparently idiotic and a major threat to American democracy