Court seems unwilling to embrace broad version of “independent state legislature” theory
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Thompson agreed with Roberts that a governor’s veto can limit the legislature’s power under the elections clause, pointing to the Supreme Court’s 1932 decision in Smiley v. Holm , in which the justices upheld the Minnesota governor’s veto of a congressional map enacted by the state legislature. Katyal said yes.
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