Supreme Court denies state legislatures the unchecked power to set election rules

 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/27/supreme-court-rejects-independent-state-legislature-theory-00103793

A particularly robust reading of the theory — which the court turned aside — would have empowered state legislatures to make decisions on all aspects of elections, from congressional lines to how people register to vote and cast a ballot, without any opportunity for challengers to contest those decisions in state courts under state laws or constitutions. Opponents of the theory argued that it could have led to unchecked partisan gerrymandering, and laws that would make it harder for people to vote.