Professor Ed Larson, "Why the Supreme Court Should Ponder Presidents' Day and the First Gerrymander" -- The Hill

Professor Edward J. Larson's opinion article, "Why the Supreme Court Should Ponder Presidents' Day and the First Gerrymander," is published in The Hill. The article considers the arguments in the Supreme Court voting rights case, Moore v. Harper, which originated from the legal fight over whether North Carolina's Supreme Court has the power to invalidate the congressional map drawn by North Carolina's Republican legislature.

Excerpt from "Why the Supreme Court Should Ponder Presidents' Day and the First Gerrymander"

The lesson from the founding era is clear. The U.S. Constitution gives the authority to fix congressional election maps and to choose presidential electors to state legislatures, but those legislatures must operate within the bounds of their state constitutional authority. State legislatures are not independent institutions, but instead creatures of their duly adopted state constitutions.

The complete article may be found at The Hill