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In It to Win It

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6. It's worse than that

Reply to spanone (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:02 PM

Jun 2022

It would completely strip the state courts from reviewing election rules (as well as redistricting maps for congressional elections) completely.

Under this theory presented in the case, state courts would have no ability to intervene at all. Therefore, they couldn't find a rule or map unconstitutional in the first place if they can't intervene.

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