Independent State Legislature Doctrine

The U.S. Supreme Court sent a redistricting case back to the Supreme Court of Ohio for reconsideration after it recently rejected a theory holding that state legislatures have sweeping authority to ...

The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile case in which Republicans want the ...

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, seemed to express sympathy in 2000 for elements of a controversial GOP-backed ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile ...

North Carolina Republicans asked that state’s supreme court on March 14 to restore GOP legislature-approved electoral maps the ...

A U.S. Supreme Court case that could recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from ...

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled late on March 2 that it's considering dropping a high-profile pending case in ...

With the U.S. Senate on Dec. 22 approving the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that funds the federal ...

WASHINGTON—Conservatives have long sought a conclusive legal decision that would define and cap the capacity of courts to ...

North Carolina Republicans told the Supreme Court on Dec. 7 that the U.S. Constitution gives state legislatures preeminent ...

To some, it’s an arcane discussion among constitutional scholars that reads like cement. To others, it’s a brazen ...

The Biden administration has urged the Supreme Court to reject a Republican bid to re-empower state legislatures to ...

The Supreme Court decided on June 30 to hear an important new case that Republicans hope will reempower ...

News Analysis The Supreme Court seems likely to accept a new election law case that Republicans hope will ...