One year later, it is the second band of insurrectionists, the ones wearing suits and ties, that pose the most serious threat. New laws have been passed by state legislatures under the pretext of halting “election fraud” that will instead abet the next big lie. Any effort to change election laws or to argue that legislatures have the power to appoint electors themselves requires Republican control of battleground state legislatures. The big lie’s truest believers, seeking the offices some believe stole the 2020 election from them. Beware the Independent State Legislatures doctrine (ISL).

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2022 11:00 UTC