The Yale Law Journal

Katherine Shaw

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The “Bounds” of Moore: Pluralism and State Judicial Review

Leah M. Litman & Katherine Shaw

This Essay examines a potential version of the “independent state legislature theory” (ISLT) that, were it adopted, could require states to adopt particular interpretive methods for state laws regarding federal elections. That ISLT variant, however, has no basis in history, federalism, or democracy.