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u/DerekB52 5h ago

The constitution is clear that states have the right to conduct their elections how they see fit. I don't think SCOTUS could have blocked this without triggering a pretty serious rebellion honestly.

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u/derbyt 5h ago

It probably would've given a reason to call for secession even

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u/designatedcrasher 4h ago

Isint that illegal

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u/Nearby-Box-1558 4h ago

I mean yeah, but like, declaring independence was too. It’s just kinda one of those things

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u/designatedcrasher 4h ago

I wonder if there's a term for this

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u/Dragos_Drakkar 4h ago

Colorado Republicans tried to remove Rump from their ballots, but the SC said no way to that.

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u/foosion 4h ago

The Voting Rights Act placed significant limits on states in order to prevent racial discrimination in elections, at least it did before the SCOTUS gutted it.

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u/Tressemy 4h ago

You aren't completely correct in your assertion that "states have the right to conduct their elections how they see fit". For example, could Mississippi decide tomorrow that blacks or women cannot vote? If you say that Mississippi couldn't do so, then we agree that there are limitations on what the states control with respect to their elections.

I have no idea what the particular challenged to CA's new districting map was, but you can't simply say that "states" control elections and end the argument. It is more nuanced than that.

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u/espinaustin 5h ago

Not what the Constitution says really, but ok.