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turbinetree

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Thu Jul 28, 2022, 06:10 PM Jul 2022

Experts warn of election 'havoc' across the US if North Carolina case succeeds [View all]

By Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom
Published July 28, 2022

WASHINGTON — Legal experts on Thursday warned lawmakers on the U.S. House Administration Committee that if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a North Carolina case that embraces a fringe election theory, it would undermine future elections across the country.

“To be blunt, it would be extraordinary destabilizing,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

The committee held the hearing in response to concerns that the Supreme Court could uphold the so-called state legislature theory, which argues that the Constitution gives legislatures the ability to regulate federal elections without oversight from state courts.

https://www.rawstory.com/experts-warn-of-election-havoc-across-the-us-if-north-carolina-case-succeeds/

This a case of the federalist society / dark money dream...if it comes true...

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