{"id":63149,"date":"2026-02-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=63149"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:08:23","slug":"to-protect-gerrymanders-republicans-try-to-revive-dangerous-theory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/to-protect-gerrymanders-republicans-try-to-revive-dangerous-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"To protect their gerrymanders, Republicans try to revive a dangerous legal theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Facing mounting setbacks to their nationwide gerrymanders, Republicans are dusting off a fringe legal theory to block voter referendums, court-ordered maps and other democratic safeguards that threaten their edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the country, Republican lawmakers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/live-redistricting-tracker\/\">racing<\/a> to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms \u2014 part of an aggressive effort pushed by President Donald Trump to protect the GOP\u2019s razor-thin majority in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sign-up\n\t\">\n\t<div class=\"sign-up__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sign-up__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sign-up__eyebrow text--h6\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSIGN UP TODAY\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sign-up__title text--h1\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGet updates straight to your inbox \u2014 for free\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sign-up__desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join 350,000 readers who rely on our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest in voting, elections and democracy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sign-up__form\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/embed\/v2.js\"><\/script><script>hbspt.forms.create({ region: \"na1\", portalId: \"48216804\", formId: \"fab07014-69b1-4490-9551-b7340cb6c2ba\" });<\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voters and courts are pushing back against some egregious GOP gerrymanders by striking down or threatening to block the use of those maps. In response, Republicans are escalating with a constitutional argument that could sideline those very checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In state after state, the battle is no longer just about how district lines are drawn, but about who gets a say in the process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As courts reject partisan maps and voters attempt to overturn them through referendums, Republican officials are turning to federal courts with a revived version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/isl\/\">Independent State Legislature<\/a> (ISL) theory \u2014 a right-wing doctrine the U.S. Supreme Court already rejected in its most sweeping form, but is now being repackaged and pressed in new lawsuits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-utah-gop-challenging-the-courts\"><strong>Utah GOP: challenging the courts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Utah, Republican officials \u2014 including U.S. Reps. Celeste Maloy and Burgess Owens\u2014 are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/cases\/utah-congressional-redistricting-challenge-powers-gardner\/\">asking<\/a> a federal court to block a congressional map imposed by a state judge after the GOP-led legislature\u2019s original map was found to violate state laws against partisan gerrymandering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GOP\u2019s argument rests on the Constitution\u2019s Elections Clause, which says state \u201cLegislatures\u201d set the \u201cTimes, Places and Manner\u201d of federal elections, subject to oversight by Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GOP and ISL proponents argue that language means legislatures \u2014 and legislatures alone \u2014 control congressional redistricting, and neither courts nor voters get a say in the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Elections Clause of the United States Constitution unequivocally vests the authority to decide \u2018[t]he Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives,\u2019 in the \u2018Legislature\u2019 of \u2018each State,\u2019\u201d the Utah plaintiffs wrote in their filing this month. \u201cThus, the political branches chosen by the People of Utah \u2014 not judges or private activist organizations \u2014 possess the exclusive constitutional authority to determine the apportionment of the People\u2019s representatives in the U.S. Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That framing heavily echoes ISL theory, which holds that state legislatures have near-exclusive authority over federal elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/moore-v-harper-a-dangerous-theory-has-its-day-in-court\/\">rejected<\/a> the most extreme version of that theory \u2014 which would have barred state courts from reviewing any election laws passed by state legislatures. The Court held that state courts can indeed enforce state constitutions in federal election disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court, however, cautioned that courts may not \u201ctransgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utah Republicans are seizing on that language, arguing a state judge went too far by imposing a replacement map after striking down the GOP legislature\u2019s gerrymander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a hearing this week, the three-judge panel was notably <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LindsayOnAir\/status\/2024152592549376215\">skeptical<\/a> toward the GOP plaintiffs&#8217; arguments for a preliminary injunction to block the state court-imposed map?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No decision has been issued in Utah yet, but a ruling is expected by the end of the month, before candidate filing begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-missouri-gop-challenging-the-voters\"><strong>Missouri GOP: challenging the voters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Missouri Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/cases\/missouri-congressional-redistricting-referendum-challenge\/\">advanced<\/a> a similar argument last year when voters initiated a campaign to block the GOP\u2019s mid-decade congressional gerrymander through referendum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Constitution expressly vests the power to apportion federal congressional districts in the state legislatures, with only Congress itself expressly given oversight authority over state legislatures,\u201d the Missouri plaintiffs wrote. \u201cThe \u2018text, structure, or history of the Constitution\u2019 plainly show that Article I, Section 4 deliberately vests \u2018the Legislature,\u2019 not \u2018the people\u2019 with the power to reapportion congressional representation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That case was flatly rejected by a federal court, with the judge refusing to embrace the GOP\u2019s sweeping Elections Clause claims. The GOP is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/cases\/missouri-congressional-redistricting-referendum-challenge\/\">attempting<\/a> to appeal the ruling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in fact, in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/576\/787\/\">held<\/a> that citizens\u2019 initiatives can play a role in redistricting because the word \u201clegislature\u201d in the Constitution refers to a state\u2019s full lawmaking process \u2014 not just the politicians inside the statehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-at-stake-nbsp\"><strong>What\u2019s at stake&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite repeated rejections, the GOP\u2019s fringe strategy persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than resurrecting \u2014 yet \u2014 the broad claim that state courts and voters have no role in election laws at all, Republicans are pressing a narrower version when it comes to drawing congressional maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even if accepted in this limited form, that argument could sharply curtail state constitutional protections and voter-approved reforms designed to curb partisan gerrymandering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voting rights advocates have long warned that even a narrower version of ISL could weaken long-standing, constitutionally grounded checks on partisan abuses \u2014 and deal a severe blow to representative democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Independent State Legislature Theory\u2019 is a meritless interpretation of the U.S. Constitution that would give state legislatures near-total authority over the laws for federal elections, including voting, redistricting, and election administration,\u201d the Brennan Center for Justice has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/transcript-legal-scholars-debunk-dangerous-independent-state-legislature\">explained<\/a>. \u201cIt would endanger hundreds of constitutional provisions, ballot initiatives, state court rulings, statutory delegations, and administrative regulations that regulate federal elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, state courts have reviewed election laws. Voters in many states have adopted redistricting reforms by ballot initiative. Governors have vetoed partisan maps. These checks reflect a basic principle of American democracy where no branch of government holds unchecked authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, federal courts have largely resisted straying away from that principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court rejected ISL\u2019s most expansive form. Missouri\u2019s referendum challenge was dismissed. And the Utah panel has shown skepticism toward the GOP\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But with control of Congress hanging in the balance and escalating pressure from Trump, Republicans appear determined to keep testing the limits \u2014 refining fringe theories, narrowing them and raising them again under new contexts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing mounting setbacks to their nationwide gerrymanders, Republicans are dusting off a fringe legal theory to block voter referendums, court-ordered maps, and other democratic safeguards that threaten their edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":63156,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","header_eyebrow_text":"","header_subtitle":"","display_share_icons":true,"custom_share_text":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"last_updated":"2026-02-21T07:00:00","author_name":"","external_link":false,"external_link_url":"","related_links":[],"_display_featured_image":true,"footnotes":""},"article-type":[48],"state":[29,32],"topic":[275,43,54],"coauthors":[338],"class_list":["post-63149","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article-type-explainer","state-missouri","state-utah","topic-judiciary","topic-litigation","topic-redistricting"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1024x578.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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