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Liberal Panic Could Help Trump Steal the Next Election<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>Amidst a spate of controversial rulings on topics ranging from <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-in-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization-decision">abortion</a> to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-pushed-america-a-huge-step-backward-on-gun-safety-just-as-congress-was-finally-going-to-act?ref=author">gun rights</a> to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-rules-to-choke-epas-climate-change-powers">environmental regulation</a>, the Supreme Court last month agreed to hear <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/moore-v-harper-2/"><em>Moore v. Harper</em></a>, a case that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-most-important-scotus-case-no-ones-talking-about?ref=author">could radically upend election law in the United States</a>, after they reconvene for their October term.</p> <p><em>Moore</em> has the potential for a dramatic effect on how the rules for federal elections are set, potentially striking down a host of measures that have been adopted to combat partisan gerrymandering. Also at stake are laws governing voting procedures, such as voter ID laws and early voting—and there’s a serious risk administrative turmoil could ensue.</p> <p>But in sounding the alarm, a number of <a href="https://twitter.com/derektmuller/status/1546541866585206784?s=20&t=q1yOjOLzljHfcNEFWcrdGA">media outlets</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann/status/1543079225254559744?s=20&t=LSvqx-iGsrfw9j9MIMhTRA">progressive</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/trump-democracy-states.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur"> commentators</a> have propagated <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/trump-democracy-states.html">a serious misunderstanding</a> with potentially dangerous consequences.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/liberal-panic-over-independent-state-legislature-theory-could-help-donald-trump-steal-the-next-election?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Amidst a spate of controversial rulings on topics ranging from abortion to gun rights to environmental regulation, the Supreme Court last month agreed to hear Moore v. Harper, a case that could radically upend election law in the United States, after they reconvene for their October term.

Moore has the potential for a dramatic effect on how the rules for federal elections are set, potentially striking down a host of measures that have been adopted to combat partisan gerrymandering. Also at stake are laws governing voting procedures, such as voter ID laws and early voting—and there’s a serious risk administrative turmoil could ensue.

But in sounding the alarm, a number of media outlets and progressive commentators have propagated a serious misunderstanding with potentially dangerous consequences.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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