has read the constitution the way that the republican national committee wanted to read it here. what they wanted to do was gut our system of checks and balances and empower state legislatures to do whatever they wanted in federal elections. as a suggested at the oral argument to the court, i can t think of something more on american than that. turn up the volume for. that was our friend neal katyal, arguing that case before the supreme court back in december. and today the court ruled that the so-called independent state legislature theory has no place in federal elections. so let s break it down with lydia wheeler, senior reporter from bloomberg. lot lydia, can you explain specifically what was at stake in this ruling? first the republican or the state the united states supreme court rejected republican
plagued by ethics issues, kind of a never ending wave of ethics issues, both involving justice clarence thomas and justice samuel alito. they re so upset about it they might just decide to take a vacation on a billionaire s private plane intellectually hotel somewhere that a big donor is paying for. who knows. lydia wheeler, thanks so much for being here. we will definitely speak to you again soon. seven major cases still coming up. but next, right here on the 11th hour, speaker kevin mccarthy is in big trouble with, guess who? donald j trump. when he said and how he is walking, racing, back tracking it all, when the 11th hour continues. ur continues.
the so-called independent state legislature theory has no place in federal elections. so let s break it down with lydia wheeler, senior reporter from bloomberg. lot lydia, can you explain specifically what was at stake in this ruling? first the republican or the state the united states supreme court rejected republican effort to keep state supreme courts from being able to review federal rules that are set for elections and also congressional voting maps adopted by state legislatures. and in doing so the court in a 63 decision really rejected a legal theory that republicans had advanced that many democrats and progressives really said was extreme. you mentioned the top of the segment that it s called the independent state legislature theory, and really it s this idea that the election clause of the u.s. constitution gives state legislatures the sole authority to satchels for federal elections and also draw congressional voting maps and it only congress can basically overrule them.
anytime soon, or ever. right. as you said, these are lifetime appointments to the federal bench. this one justice that seems to be the most vocal so far is chief justice john roberts. also members of the courts liberal wing. they are concerned about the public s perception of the court. but so far especially this term this is a court that has been plagued by ethics issues, kind of a never ending wave of ethics issues, both involving justice clarence thomas and justice samuel alito. they re so upset about it they might just decide to take a vacation on a billionaire s private plane intellectually hotel somewhere that a big donor is paying for. who knows. lydia wheeler, thanks so much for being here. we will definitely speak to you again soon. seven major cases still coming up. but next, right here on the 11th hour, speaker kevin mccarthy is in big trouble with, guess who? donald j trump. when he said and how he is walking, racing, back tracking it all, when the 11th hour continues.