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Moore v Harper Was a Win for Democracy, A Big Loss For Donald Trump

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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The Backstory of the Independent State Legislature

Judge Ludig was sworn in on the Fourth Circuit at the age of 37, at the time the youngest federal appellate judge in the country. Judge Ludig: The backstory really begins with Bush versus Gore and the court's decision in that case. "I always believed actually from December 2020 when the court denied review in the elect doors clause cases that the Supreme Court had an affirmative obligation to decide the independent state legislature question," he says.

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