I'm reading about the case the Supreme Court has just accepted, Moore v Harper. Essentially, this is a challenge to a case in North Carolina where the state Supreme Court threw out a gerrymandered map. The case, brought by NC's House Speaker, uses the "independent state legislature theory", that a state legislature has an nearly unlimited right to draw political maps. (Apparently at least four US Supreme Court justices are open to this idea).
The article mentions that a similar legal theory was behind the push from Trump supporters to try to replace Biden electors in states that did vote for him, with Trump electors. So my question: If the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Speaker would this pave the way for legislatures to basically choose electors regardless of who voters voted for?
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/0...tions-00043471
The article mentions that a similar legal theory was behind the push from Trump supporters to try to replace Biden electors in states that did vote for him, with Trump electors. So my question: If the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Speaker would this pave the way for legislatures to basically choose electors regardless of who voters voted for?
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/0...tions-00043471
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