Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

[gab13by13]

The United States Supreme Court has said it will review whether state legislatures have the authority to ignore courts on election rules even if they are found to be unconstitutional.

This is scheduled for the next SC session. The case is Out of North Carolina.

[mdelaguna]

1. The potential end. Or beginning...

of chaos.

[mdelaguna]

2. End of our democracy I meant to say.

[spanone]

3. 'even if they are found to be unconstitutional'

[In It to Win It]

6. It's worse than that

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.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Is it a law that you can't break the law?

We've got a good one for ya today.

[Ohio Joe]

5. Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety gives us a glimpse of this one...

In the just decided Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas was looking to give states the ability to override federal law. Basically... They wanted the SC to decide they had no right to exist and that states rights trumped federal law... They lost 5-4.

While it is good they lost, it is fuckin scary that 4 justices wanted to deny the SC had a right to exist... Kind of the ultimate states rights case.

Who knows how they will rule with this one but hopefully sanity prevails.

[gratuitous]

7. I wonder if their reasoning would extend to Congress ignoring Supreme Court rulings?

Asking for a friend.