GOP Plots ‘Earthquake in American Electoral Power’

“A legal argument lurking in two Supreme Court cases could give Republican legislators in battleground states sweeping control over election procedures, with ramifications that could include power over how states select presidential electors,” Politico reports.

“Republicans from Pennsylvania and North Carolina challenged court-ordered redistricting plans in their states based on the ‘independent legislature’ theory. It’s a reading of the Constitution, stemming from the 2000 election recount in Florida, that argues legislators have ultimate power over elections in their states and that state courts have a limited ability — or even none at all — to check it.”