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DESCRIPTION:The Independent State Legislature Theory’s Radical Threat to 
 Democracy\n\nDate and time: Wed, May 11, 2022 @ 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM 
 PDT\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-independent-state-legislature-theorys-radical-threat-to-democracy-tickets-325202598727\n\n\nConservative 
 legal activists are pushing the Supreme Court to make the so-called 
 \nIndependent State Legislature Theory the new law of the land. \n\nUnder 
 this radical and unprecedented approach to the U.S. Constitution’s 
 Elections Clause, state legislatures would have exclusive power to make 
 election law, unconstrained by state constitutions, state courts, and maybe 
 even federal law. \n\nIf the Court endorsed this theory, it would upend our 
 system of government and could overturn every state’s election system, 
 opening the door to more voter suppression and redistricting that makes it 
 harder for voters, particularly voters of color, to cast ballots that count 
 in free and fair elections.\n\nAt least four Supreme Court justices have 
 signaled their openness to this radical theory. But a new wave of 
 scholarship shows just how wrong and damaging it would be if the Court 
 transformed this theory into law.\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\n--Vikram D. Amar: Dean 
 and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law, University of Illinois School of 
 Law\n\n--Leah Litman: Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan Law\n\n--Carolyn 
 Shapiro: Professor and Co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of 
 the United States, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech\n\n--Kate 
 Shaw: Professor of Law and Co-Director of Floersheimer Center for 
 Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law\n\n--Moderator: Wilfred U. Codrington 
 III: Fellow, Brennan Center; Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law 
 School\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/05/02/18849424.php
SUMMARY:Independent State Legislature Theory: A Radical Threat to Democracy
LOCATION:Online event - FREE
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/05/02/18849424.php
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