SCOTUS hearing arguments re: elections 😖

[NewOrleans]

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The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Wednesday in a Republican appeal that could transform American elections by giving politicians more power over voting rules and curbing the ability of state courts to scrutinize their actions in a major case involving North Carolina congressional districts.

The Republicans are asking the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, to embrace a once-marginal legal theory that has gained favor among some conservatives called the "independent state legislature" doctrine. Under that doctrine, they claim that the U.S. Constitution gives state legislatures, - and not other entities such as state courts - authority over election rules and electoral district maps.

www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-07/republicans-target-judicial-scrutiny-of-elections-at-u-s-supreme-court

[NewOrleans]

They won’t stop. They just won’t stop.

[ECB]

You want to talk about trying to steal elections? This, this is them trying to steal elections.

JFC.

[ECB]

And of course - Ginny Thomas has her hands in this too. Will Clarence recuse himself? OF COURSE NOT.

God - this Supreme Court is an utter joke.

[StrawberryBlondie]

For what it's worth, the legal minds I generally trust on Twitter for oral argument coverage are saying that it sounds like most justices (even Alito) seem very, VERY skeptical of this Independent State Legislature idea.

[livinitup]

Apparently, this is close to or the exact scenario that Hillary Clinton warned about in her presidential run to warn against a Trump presidency and potential SC appointments. Here we are 3 T appointments later.

So, folks, as the logic goes … it would be HILLARY CLINTON’S “fault” if the SC approved this wacky argument because Hillary started the whole thing by talking about it!!

I just can’t.