it s also the most fundamentally serious case because it s a wackadoo theory called the independent state legislature doctrine and doctrine really belongs in quotation marks. it was hatch an underground lab, it has no footing in history, it has no footing an existing doctrine. but it s a challenge in north carolina that essentially state supreme courts have no power to review state legislatures on election related operations that state legislatures put into place. it s so out of thin air and yet we will really seen for justices and current court with interest in it. and i guess i m trying to not sound to chicken little-ish but the outcome in this case could really quite seriously be that state legislators have unreviewable power to do with election law what they want. dahlia lithwick, delivering it tonight, monday night mayor. always good to see you. thank you for joining us tonight. when we come back, donald trump is now trying to walk back his comments in the to terminate the c
quotation marks. it was hatch an underground lab, it has no footing in history, it has no footing an existing doctrine. but it s a challenge in north carolina that essentially state supreme courts have no power to review state legislatures on election related operations that state legislatures put into place. it s so out of thin air and yet we will really seen for justices and current court with interest in it. and i guess i m trying to not sound to chicken little-ish but the outcome in this case could really quite seriously be that state legislators have unreviewable power to do with election law what they want. dahlia lithwick, delivering it tonight, monday night mayor. always good to see you. thank you for joining us tonight. when we come back, donald trump