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0:46Now PlayingSCOTUS rules on retaining courts' ability to review election plans | USA TODAY
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0:46Now PlayingExperts worried about the implications of the case, which could have affected upcoming elections and gerrymandering and eroded trust in election systems.
RELATED: Supreme Court hears arguments that could change election laws
The Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down a conservative theory that could have given state lawmakers extraordinary power to set election rules in their states with little oversight from courts, balking at an idea that voting rights groups worried could further erode trust in the nation's elections.
"Since early in our nation's history, courts have recognized their duty to evaluate the constitutionality of legislative acts," Roberts wrote.
The appeal took on added significance because of the 2020 election, during which several courts ruled on absentee ballot procedures amid the lockdowns in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans felt that, in some of those cases, courts had overstepped their authority. Democrats, on the other hand, had framed those same decisions as protecting voters from disenfranchisement.
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