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In minutes, we'll talk to the attorney general of the state in dispute but our coverage starts with cnn's jessica schneider who listened to the supreme court oral arguments today on why this case could be the most important case in the history of our american democracy. >> reporter: who controls u.s. elections? that's the central question before the supreme court today. it's a case that revolves around an obscure legal theory that says state legislatures should have the final say on redistricting, not state courts. >> the blast radius from their theory would sew election chaos with a two track...

Rules and laws to begin with so things are already messy and that was even before you threw in 2020's election conspiracy so explain what's at stake here? could this case muddy things up even more? >> reporter: it definitely could. that's the warning from some court watchers here. the outcome could up end the way elections are currently run. you know, we did hear in these arguments though some pushback from several conservative justices that maybe republicans are pushing this theory just a bit too far because what the republican argument is here is that state legislatures have unchecked power ...

Kavanaugh, expressing concerns that some republicans are taking their arguments too far. what republicans are pushing here is this idea that state legislatures have unchecked power to control election procedures and restrict of districtic, and state courts and state constitutions have no role in checking that power. that's something that justice brown expressed concern about. >> mr. thompson, just following up on what was just mentioned, i guess what i don't understand is how you can cut the state constitution out of the equation, when it is given the state legislature the authority to exercis...

Vote. who knows what we'll see in a final opinion. the more extreme theory was pushed by trump supporters, as they argued for that position that state legislatures could decide the electors in beetle ground states. erica and jim, this could have extreme consequences for the way elections are run. just in the day-to-day procedure, absentee ballots. if the [ sides with the republicans here, that could give unchecked power to state legislatures over election procedures. that's what's at states here. many court watchers are saying democracy is at stake, if you want to take it that far, but a lot a...

Right now the supreme court is hearing arguments in a high-stakes case about election laws. the central question, can state legislatures write the rules for federal elections without oversight or input from state courts? cnn jessica schneider tracking the case and joins us with the latest. >> reporter: intricate arguments happening here centered around the meaning of the elections clause in the constitution and the power that state courts possess or state legislatures possession. when it comes down to it what the supreme court decides will determine how much power politically charged state leg...