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Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing showed the extreme pressure that Trump and his cronies launched against state election officials and workers to try to overturn the results.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case that could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans that could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency, as well as redistricting, and cut state courts out of the equation.

The issues at hand are whether state courts can order changes to federal elections and the once-a-decade redrawing of congressional districts.

The issues at hand are whether state courts can order changes to federal elections and the once-a-decade redrawing of congressional districts.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans

The case could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency, as well as redistricting. It also could cut state courts out of the equation. The issue has arisen repeatedly in cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where Democratic majorities on the states’ highest courts have invoked voting protections in their state constitutions to frustrate the plans of Republican-dominated legislatures.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case that could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans that could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency, as well as redistricting, and cut state courts out of the equation.

The case could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency.