WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears a major election law case on Wednesday that began with North Carolina Republicans drawing a highly partisan redistricting map and could end with politicians winning unchecked power over federal elections.
At issue is whether state judges and governors play any role in reviewing or modifying election rules for the state or if this power rests exclusively with a state legislature.
The so-called independent state legislature theory has raised alarms for many, coming just two years after then-President Donald Trump and some of his allies sought to overturn his defeat by having partisan state legislators declare him the winner.
