The case that keeps me up at night is a case called Morphe Harper. It deals with something called the independent state legislature doctrine. The constitution says that the rules for federal elections shall be set by state legislatures. What this case wants to do is it wants to essentially eliminate the separation of powers in every state and concentrate all the power over elections into the House and Senate there.
According to Vox’s Ian Millhiser (and no, he hasn’t forgotten they just overturned Roe).
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