December 6, 2022
The Supreme Court is going to hear Moore v Harper, a case tomorrow that could change the way we all vote in 2024 and could throw checks and balances out the window when it comes to presidential elections.
It’s a case you all were very concerned about over the summer when it was selected by the justices, but tomorrow is the day.
The case I’m talking about is Moore vs Harper.
I have a very deep dive video about the case and about independent state legislature theory which is what it all centers around. That video is pinned on my page. I highly encourage you to watch it.
But the short short version of what’s happening –the state of North Carolina legislature created a new election district map that the state’s supreme court found extremely gerrymandered and threw out. Basically, it was drawn unfairly to give one political party an advantage over the other. Not only did the North Carolina lawmakers disagree the state’s high court — they also believe the courts and their own state constitution does not apply to them and that they should have sole power under the independent state legislature theory, unchecked to conduct elections how they want and in the most extreme case, if they’re unhappy with the outcome of an election, they could simply declare it tainted, nullify the results and award state electors to whichever candidate they want.
Now you may be thinking – that sounds wild and scary where are they coming up with this? Well these lawmakers are latching on to a really specific interpretation of what was written in the constitution when it comes to elections. I go into the exact constitutional language in the pinned video.
The US Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected the independent state legislature theory when it’s come up in previous cases. But it’s unclear how this particular court would rule.
Oral arguments in Moore vs Harper begin tomorrow morning and a ruling is expected to come down at the end of the term – around June.
Watch my deep dive video no independent state legislature theory here.
