S3 | SS16: The Independent State Legislature Theory

We bounced around a variety of topics for this week’s episode, from Donald Trump’s assertion that we should chuck out the Constitution to The Twitter Files (dun dun dunnn). But right at the last minute, something caught our attention that could spell the END OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. (Are you paying attention yet?)

If you’re a political/legal/electoral nerd like we are, you’ve probably hear about Moore v. Harper. This Supreme Court case is likely to determine the validity of a concept called “the independent state legislature theory,” which has plagued political conversations since the 2020 election.

As always, media folks and the like are particularly bad at explaining exactly what… it means. So, we’re going to break that down. And we’ll talk a bit about why we think this decision could be a really big deal.

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