Supreme Court Rejects Mike Johnson's Election Certification Argument

The Supreme Court has rejected Rep. Mike Johnson's argument in favor of the independent state legislature theory, which claimed that changes to election rules during the COVID-19 pandemic violated the Constitution. In a 6-3 opinion, the Court ruled that the Elections Clause does not grant exclusive authority to state legislatures to set rules for federal elections. Johnson's argument was debunked in the case of Moore v. Harper, where the Court upheld the role of governors and other officials in determining election rules. Johnson's constitutional justification for rejecting electors in the 2020 election was seen as a political act without legal basis.