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Supreme Court Rejects Right-Wing ‘Theory’ That Would Have Upended American Elections

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The Supreme Court rejected the independent state legislature theory in a bombshell...

The Supreme Court rejected the independent state legislature theory in a bombshell decision Tuesday, turning back a right-wing attempt to vest the sole power in administering federal elections with state legislatures.

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After Dobbs I legit expected SCOTUS to go full speed ahead turning America into a Christofascist autocracy, but it seems like they're content to just uphold the status quo outside of that one specific issue. Maybe my standards are dangerously low but it's nice to know we're not on the actual worst timeline right now.
- As I said in another post, I believe Justice Roberts is trying to haul the reins back from the stampeding conservafascists. Not that his own tendencies don't lie that way, but he's widely reported as caring about his legacy, and right now the reputation of SCOTUS for corruption and poor decisions seems to me to be at an all time high. (That is to say, I'm not a deep SCOTUS scholar, just an observer -- there might be a time when the organization was worse.)
  
  This seems to part of it. Another part is a large portion of their power comes from the reputation of abject impartiality... and the dobs ruling definitely calls that into question.
  
  I daresay the Supreme Court that made the Dred Scott decision was a bit worse but what we have now is pretty fucking sour.
- I agree that Roberts might be worried about reputation, but I am worried they are just holding back for the next election. I think he realizes Dobbs hurt them last time around and are keeping their powder dry to try and help Republicans. If an R wins in 24 it will be pedal to the metal for christian nationalists.
- It was probably a pretty devious and purposeful move. Boil the frog slowly.
- yeah I was honestly terrified that starting 2024 we were just fucking doomed, but now it seems like things are finally looking up. DeSantis' approval rating is in the shitter, and a lot of the anti-trans bills are being blocked throughout the country.
  
  DeSantis could come back if something happens to Trump. I can't believe I hope Trump doesn't succumb to all the hamburgers he consumes for a bit longer.
  
  DeSantis would get skullfucked in a national election. He'd go into a debate, say "woke" 300 times in twenty minutes, and immediately his poll numbers would collapse so fucking hard they take the Eastern Seaboard with it.
  
  DeSantis would get skullfucked in a national election.
  Especially by Biden.
  
  More than one issue matters.
- What you call "Christofascism" isn't a special variety of Christian ideology. It is simply the political ideology which says that Christianity should rule. By a fairly precise analogy with Islamism, it should be called Christianism.
- They do one to achieve the other. Always pushing the line as close as they can. Don't pretend they aren't theocratic fascists for a moment.
- Gorsuch, Coney Barret, and Boof Boy were all handed their seats with the caveat that they vote down Roe for their sociopath handlers. They don't give a shit beyond that.

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