The rejection of “independent state legislature” doctrine means fights against gerrymanders and racist laws can proceed.
, the independent state legislature theory would undercut hundreds of state constitutional provisions and state court decisions, and over 650 delegations of authority to state officials by state legislatures to oversee federal elections.
Clarence Thomas wrote in dissent, on behalf of himself, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito, that the court shouldn’t even have reviewed thecase because it was “moot.” Thomas and Gorsuch would have applied the independent state legislature doctrine. In March, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state supreme court ruling blocking the use of the map while the legal issue was being considered by the federal high court.
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