'BradCast' 7/1/2022 (Warning: The 'Independent State Legislature' Doctrine could legalize theft of our next presidential election!)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 A very serious warning for Americans about elections, American democracy, and the corrupt U.S. Supreme Court. Next year the Court will hear 'Moore v. Harper', a challenge to the state GOP's racially-gerrymandered U.S. House maps. NC Republicans have asked the US Supreme Court to overrule the NC state Supreme Court by citing a phony, made-up fringe legal theory called the 'Independent State Legislature' doctrine. It argues that state legislatures have sole power to dictate the administration of federal elections, unchallenged by state courts, governors, election officials, state constitutions and ballot initiatives approved by voters. The theory was one of the failed arguments used by Donald Trump and supporters in 2020 election lawsuits demanding that state legislatures reject the will of the voters and substitute their own slate of Trump electors in states that Joe Biden won. The fringe theory has never been granted legitimacy by the US Supreme Court, or any court. But four of the radical Republican justices have expressed support, meaning the Court is just one vote shy of legitimizing it in 2023 in advance of the 2024 Presidential election. Pro-democracy Americans should be extremely concerned about this very dangerous new attempt to subvert free and fair elections, which experts say could portend the end of our democracy. Also today: rightwing activist Ginni Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, now refuses to testify to the House J6 Committee. Voting machine company's defamation lawsuit can proceed against Rupert Murdoch and Fox News. California lawmakers reject unsecure internet voting. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'