"If the Supreme Court endorses this insane theory, then I will firmly believe that the United States can no longer be considered a democracy."

Scott Pettigrew, political scientist and senior elections analyst for NBC News, commenting on an election case out of North Carolina that the Supreme Court has agreed to review next term regarding the “independent state legislature” theory. Under that theory, state legislatures have broad power to set rules for federal elections, even if state courts say those rules are unconstitutional. (Twitter – June 30, 2022)