Supreme Court justices grapple with a Republican challenge that could upend how elections are run: 'This is a theory with big consequences'

Dec 7 2022 by Business Insider

 
Demonstrators gather in front of the US Supreme Court on December 7, 2022.

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The Supreme Court heard three hours of oral arguments on a GOP-led challenge from North Carolina. North Carolina Republican lawmakers are advancing a widely debunked legal theory. It holds that state legislatures have the power to set election laws without oversight from state courts. 

Legal academics, advocacy groups, Republican and Democratic officials, and prominent conservative...

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