Supreme Court Rejects Controversial Election Theories in Major Rulings.

The Supreme Court rejected the "independent state legislative theory," which would have given state lawmakers unchecked power to set federal election rules and draw voting lines. The court ruled that state courts retain the authority to apply state constitutional restraints when legislatures act under the power conferred upon them by the Elections Clause. The decision is a major victory for voting rights advocates who feared that the theory would weaken the foundation of democracy and make it easier for rogue legislators to enact policies that suppress voters and subvert elections without adequate oversight from state courts. The case, known as Moore v. Harper, arose from a dispute in North Carolina over the redrawing of congressional maps by state Republican legislative leaders after the 2020 Census.