Jul 1, 2022

Washington Post

Democracy advocates raise alarm after Supreme Court takes election case

A districts map is shown as a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court presides over the trial of Common Cause v. Lewis at the Campbell University School of Law in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, July 15, 2019. (Gerry Broome/AP)
A districts map is shown as a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court presides over the trial of Common Cause v. Lewis at the Campbell University School of Law in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, July 15, 2019. (Gerry Broome/AP)

Voting rights advocates expressed alarm Friday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider a conservative legal theory giving state legislatures virtually unchecked power over federal elections, warning that it could erode basic tenets of American democracy.

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