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Independent State Legislature Theory

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Independent State Legislature Theory

The independent state legislature theory might seem crazy. But it's best understood as the latest manifestation of a really consistent and mainstream impulse on the right, which is to change the rules of the game so that their side wins. It turns American federalism on its head, making federal courts sort of like the arbiters of state election laws above and beyond state courts and state constitutions.

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