The Supreme Court seems skeptical

If they overrule this case "The Voice Of The People" will prevail. And the separation of powers was genius by the Founding Father will survive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/07/election-oversight-supreme-court-north-carolina/ Supreme Court majority questions massive shift of election authority By Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow Updated December 7, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EST|Published December 7, 2022 at 11:47 a.m. EST A majority of Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed reluctant to conclude that state legislators have the power to set federal voting rules without any oversight from state courts, after nearly three hours of debate over what would be a fundamental change in the way elections are conducted. If the justices were to side with North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders, state lawmakers throughout the country could have exclusive authority to structure federal elections, subject only to intervention by Congress. The “independent state legislature theory” holds that the U.S. Constitution gives that power to lawmakers even if it results in extreme partisan voting maps for congressional seats and violates voter protections enshrined in state constitutions.

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