On Tuesday, July 18, a federal judge dismissed a fringe lawsuit that challenged #California’s #VotingLaws, regulations and guidelines that allow for #UniversalMailInVoting, #OnlineVoterRegistration, community ballot collection and otherwise expand #VotingAccess.

#VotingRights
#IndependentStateLegislature

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-dismisses-fringe-challenge-to-california-mail-in-voting-rules/

The Supreme Court has rejected the Independent State Legislature theory

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1181152636/independent-state-legislature-theory-supreme-court-decision

#NPR #SupremeCourt #IndependentStateLegislature #ConstitutionalTheory #StateSovereignty #Federalism #JudicialPower #Politics #News

The #SupremeCourt has rejected the #IndependentStateLegislature theory. The court rules that state constitutions can protect #VotingRights in federal #elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, a key opinion that should safeguard 2024 #ElectionIntegrity.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1181152636/independent-state-legislature-theory-supreme-court-decision

#news #politics #SCOTUS

Lawyers tried to use the #IndependentStateLegislature theory to sway the outcomes of the 2000 and 2020 elections. What if it were to become the law of the land?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-a-fringe-legal-theory-became-a-threat-to-democracy

The latest Out d'Coup LIVE is ready to roll! Tonight: civil rights & free speech lawyer, @GarenMeguerian was here to talk about the #SCOTUS case #MoorevHarper which threatens to take a wrecking ball to the last vestiges of American democracy. Don't miss this one.

#VotingRights #IndependentStateLegislature #democracy

https://youtu.be/_sHXwW2Pfr0

This coming Monday, 12/12 @ 7PM we've got a great show on #MoorevHarper, the #SCOTUS case with the fringe Constitutional theory, "independent state legislature" at it's center.

I'll be joined by civil rights & free speech lawyer, Garen Meguerian, who will breakdown how this case threatens American democracy as we know it.

Hope some of you will stop by and join the conversation!

#IndependentStateLegislature #democracy #VotingRights

https://youtu.be/_sHXwW2Pfr0

How do you find a "middle ground" with respect to eviscerating the workings of individual state governments? #MoorevHarper This notion of the #IndependentStateLegislature is nonsense. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/3-conservative-scotus-justices-appear-to-seek-middle-ground-on-independent-state-legislature-theory

The potential consequences of attempting to establish permanent minority rule through the Independent State Legislature Theory could be devastating. If Americans are denied the right to a peaceful resolution to political issues, then violence may become unavoidable.

#SCOTUS #SCOTUSGOP #independentstatelegislature #PoliticalViolence

@JoelN

This is the same theory Ginni Thomas was pushing when she was trying to overturn the 2020 election with John Eastman.

If her husband (Justice Clarence Thomas) and four of the other right-wing extremists on the Court agree, Ginni will have won.

#SCOTUS #GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #independentstatelegislature

https://www.courthousenews.com/ginni-thomas-scheme-for-lawmakers-to-choose-electors-could-be-advanced-by-high-court/

@JoelN

If there ever was an actual 'Stop the Steal moment, this is it. States with Republican supermajorities could use their power to entrench themselves and prevent Democratic victories, even at the presidential level. It is essential to push back against this corrupt interpretation and protect the integrity of our electoral process.

#SCOTUS #independentstatelegislature

The case before SCOTUS today, Moore v. Harper, could be the end of the line for American-style democracy.

The “independent state legislature theory” would empower state legislatures to overturn the will of the voters in any election.

#SCOTUS #SCOTUSGOP #IndependentStateLegislature #Coup
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-theory-moore-v-harper-elections/

This #SCOTUS case will certainly test the legitimacy of the Court. Will the Court fundamentally change what "democracy" means in the U.S. context?

The fact that they are hearing the case on Dec 7 - Pearl Harbor Day - adds insult to injury.

#SupremeCourt #IndependentStateLegislature #Extremism #democracy

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/4/23481063/supreme-court-moore-harper-independent-state-legislature-doctrine-elections