Chris Winters<p>So, this is a relief. But the fact this was a 6-3 vote—when the independent legislature theory was so clearly bunk—is worrying. This was yet another GOP foregone conclusion case: A case set up to achieve a preordained conclusion. <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> should never have agreed to hear the case, it's that far out. <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IndependentLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndependentLegislature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DumbestTimeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DumbestTimeline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gopher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StealingElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StealingElections</span></a> <br />Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-state-legislature-elections.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/supreme-court-state-legislature-elections.html</span></a></p>