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Supreme Court rules against fringe legal election theory

In a closely watched election case, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that state constitutions, enforced by state courts, do protect voting rights in federal elections.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Spencer Overton, a professor of law at George Washington University, who also worked on voting rights issues as a senior official in the Justice Department during the Obama administration.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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