Category Archives: legislation and legislatures

TODAY! Safeguarding Democracy Project Flash Webinar, Wednesday June 28: U.S. Democracy and the Independent State Legislature Theory after the Supreme Court’s Moore v. Harper Decision [bumped to top]

Join UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project for a free online flash webinar, Wednesday, June 28, 11 am PT/2 pm ET, featuring leading election law scholars:  ·         Derek T. Muller, Notre Dame Law (beginning July 1)  ·         Richard H. Pildes,… Continue reading

Don’t Count on the Gorsuch and Thomas Votes in Future Voting Cases; Expect Them to Side Against Voting Rights Litigants

In today’s Moore decision, Justices Thomas and Gorsuch rejected the majority approach to the independent state legislature theory, believing instead that state legislatures have almost plenary power and cannot be limited even by state courts applying state constitutions. (Justice Alito… Continue reading