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Hi there, everyone, here we go again. it's 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn't do any of those things. it's a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker's office already...
Role state courts should play in setting rules for principal elections in a case -- federal elections in a case that could have big implications for 2024. we're back with dan henninger and kyle peterson. kyle, let's take up the elections case first, moore v. harper. what's at a stake there and why suddenly is the court being asked to talk about and rule on elections law? >> well, the reason being asked is because the north carolina legislature passed a house redistricting plan, and the supreme court struck that plan down saying it was a partisan gerrymander. notably though, the north carolina ...
On whether or not state courts have power over state legislatures, when it comes to setting rules for federal elections. some people, like allies of trump, try to rely on this theory, in my sense, wrongly, to try to argue that state legislatures come in, and choose alternative slates of electors, turning biden states, into trump states. more broadly, the supreme court played an important role in 2020, in not taking up that case from texas, he can throw the votes from four other states. but, the court has, also, engaged in a series of cases, allowing states to make it harder to vote. when you t...
On the will of the majority by subverting the voters chosen leader from actually governing. at the end of a term that will be defined by the revoking of a constitutional rights for women, the supreme court -- delivered a potentially ominous preview of what is to come in the fall. they announced they will hear a case called more versus harper. republicans in north carolina want the supreme court to give the state legislature, which they control, the final say in setting rules for federal elections. the way things currently stand, it's the state supreme court that has final authority, as often f...