
Six justices agree: the independent state legislature theory is dead
A six-justice majority rejected the independent state legislature theory. Here's what that victory means, and what comes next.
October 28, 2022
Counsel, Free & Fair Elections
Before joining Protect Democracy, Cameron was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He has served as a clerk to the Honorable Edith Brown Clement of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Honorable Lance Africk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal.
A six-justice majority rejected the independent state legislature theory. Here's what that victory means, and what comes next.
October 28, 2022
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