WASHINGTON, D.C. — The dispute over the fringe independent state legislature theory must be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in time to prepare maps, ballots and election rules well in advance of the 2024 elections, according to briefing filed today by Common Cause in the 무어 대 하퍼 case.

“The Question Presented in this case is ‘important’ and it is ‘almost certain to keep arising until the Court definitively resolves it,’” the brief states, quoting Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “Petitioners’ independent state legislature theory calls into question hundreds of state constitutional provisions and as many (or more) election laws. … It is therefore exceptionally important that the Court address the Question Presented as quickly as possible.”

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The U.S. Supreme Court already requested supplemental briefing after the North Carolina Supreme Court decided to rehear the remedial decision in 하퍼 대 홀, the underlying case to 무어. It again requested briefing last week after the state court granted GOP lawmakers’ request to not only reverse its December 2022 decision (하퍼 2세) protecting voters from partisan gerrymandering but to also overturn its February 2022 decision (Harper I) arguing the standard articulated in that matter was flawed.

The supplemental brief filed today by Hogan Lovells의 파트너인 Neal Kumar Katyal and co-counsel with Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) representing Plaintiff Common Cause, states the North Carolina Supreme Court’s ruling in 하퍼 should have no effect on Justices’ ability to rule in 무어.

“Because of the two-year federal election cycle and the need to resolve election disputes well in advance of elections, it is not clear that this Court could resolve this issue with a different vehicle,” Katyal wrote in the briefing. “Dismissing this case would thus create a danger that the issue would evade this Court’s review yet again or that this Court would be required to address the issue in the context of an emergency application with limited briefing, no argument, and insufficient time to decide an issue of this importance.”

투표권 옹호자들은 다음과 같이 요구했습니다. 무어의 ISLT 주장은 민주주의에 대한 심각한 위협입니다. 이 이론을 지지하는 입법자들은 미국 헌법의 선거 조항을 왜곡하여 주 의회만이 연방 지구 지도를 어떻게 그릴지 결정할 권한이 있으며, 나아가 주 법원은 그 과정에 개입할 수 없으며, 그들의 권력을 강화하려는 입법자 그룹의 의지에 반하는 경우 주 헌법을 시행할 수 없다고 주장합니다.

“The U.S. Supreme Court should toss the nonsensical ‘independent state legislature theory’ into the dustbin where it belongs — and there’s no better time than now when we aren’t on the eve of a major election,” said Bob Phillips, Executive Director of Common Cause North Carolina. “The people of North Carolina deserve to know that our constitutional freedoms will withstand attacks by extremist politicians.”

결정 무어 is expected by the end of the Supreme Court’s term later this summer.

“Checks and balances are the foundation this nation was built on, and ensure that power rests with the people of this country,” said Kathay Feng, Common Cause’s Vice President of Programs. “The Supreme Court must rule on our case and extinguish this flimsy, dangerous attempt by power-crazed politicians to ignore the will of voters.”

“Even though the new majority on the NC Court has signaled it will no longer protect voters from legislative overreach, state courts and state constitutions can and should play a crucial role in protecting voting rights,” said SCSJ의 투표권 담당 수석 변호사, 힐러리 해리스 클라인. “The Court should take this opportunity to confirm these protections apply in all elections, and reject the ISLT once and for all.”

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