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There was a lot of crowing on the left over the SCOTUS decision in the North Carolina case

the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that although the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections, state courts can supervise the legislature’s exercise of that power. By a vote of 6-3, the court rejected the so-called “independent state legislature theory,” holding that the North Carolina Supreme Court did not violate the Constitution when it set aside a congressional map adopted by the state’s legislature.

The left is pretty happy about this, but there is a real silver lining here, and it involves one of the liberals long term plans to own this nation. It’s the National popular vote compact.

This is a deal by which a state agrees to give its electoral votes in a presidential election to the winner of the national popular vote regardless of how the population of the state actually votes in a presidential election.

It’s a great system if your goal is to disenfranchise the voters of your state on a permanent basis. My own currently deep blue state has foolishly gone along with this and I saw no remedy to it as the Constitution clearly gives the state legislature power to determine how electoral votes are cast.

However this decision opens the door to an end around through the courts. If the legislature does not have the final word in how federal elections are cast then we can petition the courts for redress and perhaps even trust the judges on SCOTUS to protect the our franchise.

Does this guarantee victory? No, but it gives a chance, a chance that didn’t exist if the independent state legislature theory was in place.

Let them cheer today, there may be a time in the future that those cheers over this ruling may turn to sobs.