After RBG’s death, Moore v Harper might kill American Democracy forever

[John Dule]

This crank theory will hopefully go nowhere. It is deranged to say that state legislatures can somehow override the very documents enabling their power (their state constitutions) without any review in the courts. Name me another power in this country held by any branch of government that is wholly unchecked. There is also the fact that Article I was written before the Bill of Rights was incorporated against the states via the 14th Amendment; the Reconstruction amendments fundamentally altered the balance of power between the states and the federal government, so even if ISL were true at the founding (it wasn't), the Equal Protection Clause should still constrain state legislatures.

In any case, this is not just about "gerrymandering." This is about the entire structure of our democracy.