One of the biggest Supreme Court cases of the year — with major stakes for U.S. elections and who decides when, where and how people vote — could be thrown out.
, indicating that they may find the matter moot in light of new state-level developments.
The Republican lawmakers have advanced a fringe legal concept, known as the “independent state legislature theory,” that only legislators can set election policy and can do so largely free from any oversight by state courts or even governors. But last month, the state Supreme Court, newly controlled by Republican justices, agreed to grant a rehearing in the case, on March 14. That rekindled the litigation at a state level and may serve to keep the U.S. Supreme Court on the sidelines while it plays out.Patrick Semansky/AP, FILE
"It raises the question whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Moore v. Harper could become moot," Rick Hasen, a University of California, Irvine, law professor and election law expert,In an extraordinary and tense debate stretching three hours during a hearing in December, the North Carolina Republicans asked the U.S.
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