Supreme Court rejects controversial Trump-backed election law theory

The Supreme Court said that the North Carolina Supreme Court did not violate the elections clause of the US Constitution when it invalidated the state’s 2022 congressional map, rejecting a broad version of a controversial legal Independent State Legislature theory pushed by supporters of former President Donald Trump. #CNN #News

• #news_politics
• #latest_news
• #happening_now
• #cnn
• #dana_bash
• #inside_politics
• #boris_sanchez
• #cnn_news_central
• #joan_biskupic
• #david_chalian
• #jessica_schneider
• #us_supreme_court
• #scotus
• #supreme_court_ruling
• #north_carolina_supreme_court
• #trump_backed_election_law_theory
• #chief_justice_john_roberts
• #brett_kavanaugh
• #amy_coney_barrett
• #sonia_sotomayor
• #elena_kagan
• #ketanji_brown_jackson
• #elections_clause_of_the_constitution
• #clarence_thomas
• #neil_gorsuch
• #samuel_alito