When Trump decisively lost the 2020 election, Republicans attempted to institute the “independent state legislature” theory, which would allow state legislatures to overturn the votes of the people, giving states the primary authority to determine elections.
In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court declined to uphold this radical Republican legal effort. The ruling was a win for voting rights groups.
Former President Barack Obama reacted on Twitter, “Today the Supreme Court rejected the fringe independent state legislature theory that threatened to upend our democracy and dismantle our system of checks and balances.”
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