Troubling lawsuit could open the door for states to essentially defy voters and assign electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate they want. (via The ReidOut Blog)
Taken to its logical end, the plaintiffs’ argument effectively means that North Carolina Republicans,, can pass any number of laws that restrict the right to vote while bypassing state laws, state constitutions, state courts and other checks on their power. And with that power, legislators could seemingly devise ways to keep themselves in the congressional majority indefinitely with virtually no one to stop them.
Notably, it doesn’t say anything about that power being unimpeachable or held by state legislatures exclusively, in all circumstances.“The threats to state interests are clear in this case,” they wrote. “If state courts are allowed to override legislative decisions based on vague state constitutional provisions, then the delegation from the federal Elections Clause is transformed from its text and intent. This undermines the rule of law.
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