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US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s ‘independent legislature’ theory

JURIST

Harper that the “ independent legislature ” election theory, which has been the legal foundation for many of the recent Republican-led efforts to change election administration law and overturn 2020 election results, is an invalid interpretation of the Election Clause of the Constitution. Reno and Cooper v.

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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court will kick off its November argument session with the highest-profile cases of that session: challenges to the consideration of race in the admissions process at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. 11, to Nov.