“Republicans are making it quite clear that they will do whatever it takes -- even if it means eroding our federalist system as we know it -- to circumvent the will of the people so they can lock in their own power.”
-- A.G. Holder
John --
You have to hand it to Republicans -- they’re willing to say just about anything with a straight face, so long as it will help them get what they want.
The GOP’s newest nonsense, called the “independent state legislature theory,” goes like this: No one gets to have any say in elections and redistricting except state legislatures. No governors, no courts, no independent commissions. Just the state legislatures.
Which, thanks to gerrymandering, are mostly controlled by Republicans.
And now, conservatives on the Supreme Court have agreed to hear a North Carolina case that tests this new legal “theory.” If the GOP gets what they want, it could mean an end to election rules as we’ve known them.
The “independent state legislature theory” is nothing more than a brazen power grab that could undo some of this country’s greatest strides toward equal representation and equal access to the voting booth. Can you make a rapid response contribution right now, and help us fight back to defend our democracy?
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Right now, our system has checks and balances -- if a gerrymandered state legislature approves an unlawful map, they can be stopped by governors or state courts.
The GOP’s plan is to get rid of those checks and balances, and to give unilateral power to state legislatures. Which, again, the GOP controls by roughly a 3:2 margin.
A.G. Holder has been sounding the alarm about this Republican scheme for a while now, and it looks like a showdown is finally here. We need your help to stop this Republican power play. Can we count on your support?
– The AOTL Team
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