it's the telling the legislature when and actually act as the legislature. let me ask it this way. what is at issue? is not any particular exercise of the state's ature -- legislative authority such as its ability to make timce, and manner determinations. but whether the entity purport exercise that power qualifies as this particular state legis. though, so,you can imagine we entities who claim to be the legislature for the purpose of ons clause, and both start acting as such. they set election. they have procedures. they issue competing maps. and set ouerent statements about when elections would be held. would t dispute, the dispute over which entity is really the state' legislature, be decided by federal or state courts, and which law would apply? >> in state law that's a lot what was happening iona. where the independent commissioning -- justice jacksote substantive constitution law? we are looking to the state cotion to decide -- >> it's a procedural as to who is the legislature. justice jackson: why is that a proc issue? my question is we have these two entities. both of which

in a case like moore is justice, saying the word legislature so obviously meaning legislature and notegislature constrained by a constitution that it does not matter that the fact of the original public meaning of legislature was something different. and those that ratified it did assume that it would include legislature or did he -- is he saying that the original public meaning, as the text would have been understood, was that the eight court could not have constrained the legislature even if the practice was to the contrary. i am just trying to understand methodologically when it is that justice thomas thinks the meaning is clear that we do not have to look to history at all area because the meaning should be obvious. >> i do think he means the original meaning and not just the way the text strikes us in isolation and what we would assigned to the text today should be controlling. and it's always going to be a difficult question. there is something paradoxical saying that that meaning is clear and another justice that is disagreeing with you. it is a contradiction. it is possible th

state legislatures aren't some special magical power that overrules everything in the state. that's ludicrous. this is the second pro democracy ruling from this very right-wing court this term alone. remember, a few weeks ago they also upheld crucially section two of the voting rights act and struck down flagrantly biased alabama congressional map. i can't read the minds of the justices, particularly right justice and kavanaugh which are majority in both opinions, but i have to think that the stain focus among the present civil society and politicians under very real and existential threats, the american experiment as posed by john eastman, donald trump, and this movement, the focus on that has shape the courts thinking, and thank goodness for that. marc elias is a nationally recognized voting rights attorney, founder of the organization democracy docket. he needs the elias law group which represented rebecca harper in worthy harbor. we've talked about this in the lead up when the court granted search, first your reaction having represented rebecca harper in court's decision

the legislature said, you have no role here. we get to do whatever we want. claimed, and some of the maga lawyers have become to claim that the constitution gives state legislatures the power to state election rules, federal elections with no checks and balances from state courts were constitutions or governors or the voters. that nobody noticed it until now. and it is a crackpot idea and it has never been found by another court. it is great the court rejected it. they never should have taken the case. they were pretty strong in the language they used. at this point, it was not such a surprise. josÉ the voting rights act a couple of weeks ago was more of a surprise -- i will say the voting rights act a couple of weeks ago was more of a surprise. juan: what does this mean in terms of the redistricting of north carolina. what happens now in that state in particular? >> well, north carolina will be affected by this less than many other places. that is because during the most recent election, the voters chose conservative justices for the state supreme court. so

the constitution says it is up to legislatures to determine the time mapper of voting, and it does not say courts. this started as a regime and law school and academic theory, and the state legislature can't do anything about it. and fit had been the ruling here, it would have thrown us into chaos, and important to note that this is the second time in two weeks that we have seen two conservative justice, kavanaugh and barrett and dh is showing that the guardrails are there. it is the status quo, because the decision could have destroyed the guardrails, and maybe it is not surprising to hear the state and this is 56-3 opinion, and not close, so what does this tell us about the court, and how strongly they feel about keeping this as a status quo? >> well, it sounds like a victory in terms of this sglarnlgt and obviously, they ate 8 to 1, but some justices who will not want to reses it and they will know that they have to and this all dealing with the elections clause of the constitution. it says time, places, and manners of holding representatives will be described by the state thereof.

the republican legislature is -- legislatures controlled by republicans went to federal court. and they argued that the north carolina supreme court actions in throwing out the map violated what is called the independent state legislature theory. that is the idea that the federal constitution gives state legislature's near complete control over federal elections without interference from state courts. this is not a theory that a majority of the u.s. supreme court has endorsed yet. several justices versus for our winded in a concurring opinion. other justices more recently in case arising out of the 2020 election had disgusted. it's not a theory that a majority has endorsed yet. the supreme court agrees to weigh in. they heard oral argument in the case. it didn't seem like there was a majority on the supreme court when they heard oral argument that was ready to go for a full-throated state court can never interfere in federal -- state legislatures. in regards to federal elections. since then, the north carolina supreme court there was an election in north carolina in 2022. north

, or even a federal legislature, if they enact certain laws.iew these laws. this is a decision that no doubt has been celebrated by voting rights groups wefrlt even saw the former president, barack obama, celebrating this decision from this ur barack obama wrote this. he said, they rejected the fringe indepennt state legislature theory that threatened to upend our democracy and dismantle our system of checks and balances by gig state legislatures near total control of federal election laws. this is a resounding election of the far right theory that has been peddled by election deniers here. in this opinion, the chief justice in writing it did say that state courts don't have, quote, free reign, putting some information in there about maybe federal courts reviewing state court decisions. so while this does sort of put the kabosh on free reign for state legislatures, there could be some litigation in the future depending on how state courts step in when it comes to elections. there will be further litigation. at least for the 2024 election, thing

would have given state legislatures almost unlimited power to decide federal election rules, including and the drawing of partisian districts without interference from state courts. it is a theory favored by conservatives and would have been a radical overhaul of america's election laws. the ruling comes after monday's decision that cleared the way for louisiana's congressional map drawn by republican lawmakers to be challenged, and for another majority black district to be added. that's come just weeks after the court approved the same action to be taken in the neighboring state of alabama. in the alabama ruling, also known as allen v milligan, the bench said the state's newly enacted congressional map violated the voting rights act of 1965, which outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states. here is a portion of whatjustice ketanji brown jackson had to say when this case was first argued before the court. i understood that we looked at the history and traditions of the history and traditions of the constitution and what the framers and founders thought

they pointed to something called the independent state legislature theory. now the court is saying that that was too broad of an interpretation and that they should allow the courts to intervene. this has widespread meaning because it could be that if they have gone the other way, then each republican or democrat-controlled state legislature would have control not just over drawing voting boundaries, but a number of ways you could register to vote, anything having to do with state controls in the voting process. this is also the second decision that this court has made this term on voting rights. remember, they said that alabama violated section two of the voting rights act. so they are upholding voting rights in both of these cases, telling these states that, no, they do not have the authority when it comes to redrawing congressional maps, and we are now waiting for bigger decisions to come later this week on things like lgbtq rights, student loans and affirmative action. they're running out of time. we expect this decision to come probably thursday or frid

you had the first time in 40 years democratic control of the state legislature there.ot of hard work lawrence. i've got to tell you we knew that with all of the threats to our democracy, our fundamental freedoms. that it was important we fought like hell. and that is why we coalesced bill to campaign stayed focused on the things that mattered to people. and we want. and we didn't just win, but we won overwhelmingly and flipped both chambers of our legislature in michigan. so you see some states rolling right back. taking away freedoms. michigan is moving in the opposite direction and i'm really proud of that. >> on gun safety legislation you did something that in most states is impossible at this point politically. had a horrible shooting in the state. and there was reaction to it. there was a governing reaction to it. what we're able to accomplish? >> so we finally got michigan on the right side of some common sense gun policies. and it is simple things like background checks and secure storage law. as well as red flag laws. these are the things that the average perso

for example, state legislature, which is how you started.ampaign? >> yes, absolutely. it is the first time i have had a federal pack, it gives us time to help candidates with congressional or state legislature, and the biden harris campaign. causes as well that are on the front lines. there is a host of partners that were ensure goal in terms of turnout, registration, and persuasion. does work is not done by one person, or organization, it's done by all of us. anybody who fits that mold, benefits from this pack. >> michigan governor, gretchen whitmer, with an easy to remember a name of her pack. thank you so much for joining us tonight, i really appreciate it. >> thank you lawrence. >> thank you. >> coming up, he first met joanna mcclinton on this program, when she was on the verge of becoming the first democratic speaker of the pennsylvania house of representatives and 12 yards, and, the first black woman speaker in the pennsylvania house of representatives has ever had. speaker mcclintock, vice president harris, another state legislatures

absentee ballots, or, you know, have legislatures as trump wanted.he popular vote and send their own slate a fake electors to the electoral college in washington d. c.. no, you don't get to do that. that is what the chief justice said today on behalf of the supreme court. >> the former president of the harvard law review, barack obama, tweeted today, this ruling rejects the far-right theory that threatened to undermine our democracy, and makes clear that courts can continue defending voters rights, and north carolina and in every state. neal, by my reckoning, you have at least 30 more years of arguing before the united states supreme court, if not at some point becoming a member of it. is this -- is it likely you will ever handle a more important case than this one? >> no. i wish there were something that could be that important, but, really, i think the way judge luttig but it is right, have we lost this case, it would have been catastrophic for our democracy. i can assure you that i, and every member of my legal team, has felt that very acutely for

if the nevada legislature doesn't act on the a stadium plan on monday, the governor can call the legislatureack into special session. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> some lawmakers in the state capitol are urging support for a proposal to officially repeal proposition 8 while formally adding same and interracial marriage rights into the state constitution. you may remember prop 8 passed during the 2008 election to formally ban same marriage across california. but in 2010, a federal court ruled that prop 8 was unconstitutional and 5 years after that, the u.s. supreme court legalized samesex marriage all across the nation. now, 15 years later, the original language from the measure to ban same marriage is still in the state constitution. and that must change, according to lawmakers. >> we need to on the offense in supporting our community. and this is an amazing opportunity to put california firmly on record supporting equality for lgbtq people. so happy pride, everyone. and let's get this done. >> we've seen the attacks on the lgbt community throughdut the nation and here at home in california. w

if the nevada legislature doesn't act in the a stadium plan on monday, the governor can call the legislaturek into special session. dan kerman kron, 4 news and francisco. there's a new effort to get drivers to slow down in the bayview district along avenue. >> construction has started to build new speed bumps with slots to accommodate muni. an emergency response vehicles. city leaders say that they hope this we'll pedestrians and bicyclists from those speeding cars. 16 speed bumps will be installed. city officials are planning to continue to work throughout the bay view over the next 6 months. >> the first of speedbumps coming down, starting at going all the way down to 70 down it. 8 blocks traffic calming with bumps and this which is very important that, you know, here in san francisco, we have plan for vision, 0 in terms of traffic fatalities and want to keep pedestrians, cyclists and everyone on the mobile safe. >> officials say the construction will last a couple of months along pullout avenue. >> in the north bay man has been arrested for selling methamphetamine at a sandra fell homeles

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. >> we, the legislature, administration and the public have done. >> to protect. >> our core programse total 311.2 billion dollar proposed budget. more than 110 billion will go toward public education. this is the end. a budget for education. the winners in this budget, ours, our kids are schools. other priorities include homelessness in its proposed budget version. the legislature adds to the governor's proposal by extending the state's 1 billion dollar allocation for the homeless housing and prevention program. not just for this year, but for the year after. we're a lot of attention, transportation in an effort to boost struggling public transit agencies. the legislature eliminated the governor's proposed 2 billion dollars in cuts for some public transit programs. i'm really, really glad to see. >> that there is a resolution of the issue of both needs. but the legislature's budget proposal also comes with a 30 plus billion dollar anticipated shortfall to balance that this budget version increases borrowing and funding delays all while prioritizing one time spending as opposed to ong

and setting limits to what legislatures do in this area. so i think the court was trying to get out in front of this before the 2024 elections heat up and narrow the range of questions that can be asked and adjudicate. but there will be more cases. yeah, not the last time we will hear from the supreme court on election laws in this country, not on this one, to be sure. so. so let's talk about what's happening with with this particular court. this was the fourth major case just in this term. and we've seen conservative and liberal justices joining together and rejecting legal arguments that have been put forward by conservative state officials or advocacy groups. are you surprised by how often we have seen rulings that have cut across those ideological lines? well, what's interesting, i think this case and the alabama case on racial jury meandering are both victories for voting fairness. so voters have done really well in this session of the supreme court. we still have some other big cases out that we haven't heard from regarding religious

caller: it is definitely the will of the legislature. we have a republican-controlled legislature.e have a republican-controlled supreme court here. even though this recent -- i think it was yesterday or the day before the supreme court upheld -- i can't remember the name of what they did, but it was for voting rights. the supreme court here in north carolina said they are not even going to be bothered with it. even though the state has been totally gerrymandered. to reflect republicans winning more districts than they should. host: glad you got through. to check in florida -- chuck in florida. caller: good morning. i just want to make two comments. first on the abortion issue. i think it is kind of disgusting that we are calling murdering a baby in the womb health care. that is just ridiculous. it shows how godless our country is. number two, i hope the supreme court makes the decision soon, biden's illegal paying off of school debts because if he thinks republicans are going to just sit here and watch him buy votes, $400 billion worth, to buy votes with republicans' money that we

legislatures, every state has them, and state legislatures you're elected by the public.res you want them to make important decisions, but you want them making decisions within the confines of the law. what this opinion essentially said was that the state legislature should not have unfettered discretion to do what it wants with respect to the electoral process, and it has to be checked, right, by the state court system. why should we be in a scenario where we have the state legislature making a decision that cannot otherwise -- it would be immunized, right, from all attack, and so essentially what's going to happen now, is that if they overstep, phil, an poppy, you're going have the state courts that can now come in and otherwise assess the misstep and right the wrong. i think that's the significance. >> joan, one of the things that i think is giving some supporters this decision pause is what roberts wrote in that opinion about federal courts. rick hassan, election law expert at ucla, writes moore, cate -- the case has killed off the independently legislature theory but

at issue, how much power should state legislatures have over federal elections? this new decision today reaffirming the long-standing system of checks and balances, just as we head now into the 2024 presidential election. terry moran has covered the court for years for us, he's there tonight. terry, take us through why this is so significant tonight. >> reporter: david, this is a major election law case, because it's all about power. who should have the power to run our federal elections? from drawn congressional districts to voting by mail to counting the votes. comes out of a redistricting battle in north carolina, with democrats accusing the republican-controlled state legislature of drawing a partisan gerrymander, and the state supreme court there agreeing, throwing out the gop map. when the case came here, those republican lawmakers pointed to that line in the constitution that the times, places, and manner of holding federal elections shall be set by state legislatures. those republican law makers are meaning only state legislatures have that power, total p

the legislature adds to the governor's proposal by extending the state's 1 billion dollar allocation for the homeless housing and prevention program. not just for this year, but for the year after. we're seeing a lot of attention, transportation in an effort to boost struggling public transit agencies. the legislature eliminated the governor's proposed 2 billion dollars in cuts for some public transit programs. i'm really, really glad to see. >> that there is a resolution of the issue of both needs. but the legislature's budget proposal also comes with a 30 plus billion dollar anticipated shortfall to balance that this budget version increases borrowing and funding delays all while prioritizing one time spending as opposed to ongoing spending. that according to backers will mean at least for now, the state will not need to dip into any of its 37 billion dollars of reserves. it's balanced this passes and the governor signed it. we're good. i think the overall message is this is a great budget. >> again, more money for for the house and the money for homelessness. we record funding for

is it really just the power vested in the state legislature? today the court said, we will hold with precedent here and we will maintain the status quo and say state courts have a role to play when it comes to some of the disputes. not just gerrymandering and not just north carolina but voter i.d. and the idea of setting the polling place hours. the republican legislature brought this case had gotten their way, state courts would have no role to play at all. think back to all of the disputes we saw in 2020, in all those cases where state courts really served as a check on the system, if they had gotten their way, the state courts' hands would have been tied. today, the high court deciding they did not want to buy into that theory ahead of 2024. >> danielle, this has been a staple in similar situations throughout history. how important is today's ruling? i would expect from what laura said, this is a big deal. >> this is really a big deal. at the beginning of the tefrm, people were talking about this being a case that could end democracy. in the

constitution says that the legislature controls the times, places and manner of holding elections, state courts had no th authority. but now the high court rejected had argument spelling out how courts throughout the history have been final arbiters and writing that the elections clause does not unless late state legislatures from the ordinary exercise state you additional review. >> we beat back the biggest threat our democracy has ever faced. >> reporter: and voting rights advocates praised the decision with former president barack obama weighing in writing this ruling is a resounding rejection of the far right theory that has been peddled by election deniers seeking to undermine or address democracy. the decision stems from a voting map dispute in north carolina where initially they struck down a man drawn by republicans who then appealed to the u.s. supreme court saying that their state court had no right to step in. but while the case was ongoing, the partisan balance changed and they ruled in late april that state courts have no role to play when it comes to policing election maps.

this -- by republican, state legislatures?of color, a black mayors to be specific? >> yes, this was about public safety. they would pass common sense gun safety laws. it's about power and control. >> near lucas, i heard you talking about the number of occasions, you talked about when it comes to gun laila's this is where the issue of preemption comes up? most >> yes, you're right. it's state takeover, state control. that simple. jonathan illegal term to say preemption, it state takeover. where there can be local solutions. unkind violence is probably in some ways the most dramatic place. we see what this intervention means honestly ups and my state -- we had this bill, the preservation act unfortunately federal judge struck it down for now. it gets appealed all the money to the supreme court. under that they were trying to eliminate, eliminate cooperation between our local police, the police made claim to support. the ability of those -- atf, fbi on things like illegal gun trafficking, in our community. and at a time when we'r

actions -- full throated "state courts can never interfere in the state legislature's actions." the court went from a democratic-controlled court, because they have elections, the state supreme court, to a republican controlled state supreme court. the republican-controlled state supreme court this spring threw out, reversed its earlier ruling and said "we believe the supreme court cannot assess these partisan gerrymandering claims." the supreme court asked for more briefing from everyone involved on whether or not it can consider this case at all. there is -- is there a dispute anymore? guest: what about the independent state led-- host: the independent state legislature theory, what would happen if it was implemented? guest: it could be a massive shift in how our elections are run. the u.s. supreme court a few years ago said there is no role for the government in partisan gerrymandering claims. the state courts would not be able to have any say. they could enact many other rules regarding federal elections for the house of representatives, for the senates and state courts woul

what it would have meant had it gone the other way, state legislatures can hold elections however theynothing that state courts, including state supreme courts, can do about this and to think about what the consequences of that could be, just think back to 2020 and what donald trump and rudy giuliani and john eastman were pressuring state legislatures to do. so this was a big win for democracy, no question. >> i mean, i don't think that can be overstated. i think this was the fear for folks looking at this case as kind of the thing that could shift all of 2024, and the question is why were folks like john eastman so invested in this independent state legislature theory? because politically there's a republican party that has been kind of forced into viewing itself as a minority party and so you have people who are looking at state legislatures because that allows them to circumvent popular opinion and allows them to be reliant on things that happened back, where power is locked in from gerrymandering. we think about wisconsin where democrats have been able to win back power through win

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the nevada legislature has approved a deal to build them. a new stadium will tell you what comes next. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning. and thanks for waking up with us spending a little time with us on a thursday morning. i'm darya and james. so let's start with weather and traffic. before we get to the headlines this morning. that's what can we say about the weather right now is getting off to a pretty good start kind of like yesterday, but it will be warmer. i think. yeah. today just a little bit warmer than yesterday. a few more 80's on the map today and that gray that we do have for some spots is going to clear a little quicker than yesterday, too. your view outside at the embarcadero right now. little breezy little gray. that doesn't last, though. visibility is good as this blanket of cloud cover sitting above us rather than driving through it. 50's 60's for current temperatures, though, sunshiny spots already in the 60's like san jose. brett would concord and fairfield

could it be argued that legislatures can do whatever they want to. >> and the u.s.stitution says this. >> and the supreme court of the constitution cannot do anything about this. and it gained steam slow, and for people looking at this, they said, could we have a repep >> yeah, it exploeted noernlgt and they were using this as a potential way to wedge the 2020 election. >> and what could have. >> thank you, david and ellie for being here. >> after days of wondering where in the world is wagner bet joost. he says that he is there. and then he bragged about holt hole and now, donald trump talking about what appears to be donald trumps in his own hand, and you will hear trump talking about what is apparently secret documents. sleep more deeply. and wake up rejuvenated. purple mattress's exclusive gelflex grid draws away heat, relieves pressure, and instantly adapts. sleep better, live purple. save up to $800 off mattress sets during purple's july 4th sale. visit purple.com or a store near you. i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the coloni

what is the it that legislatures are doing. it looks like it's a useful tool for legislatures. this is building on some work that i've done with professor steve bala and daniel parish at the george washington university of regulatory study center. that work showed that although it looks like the congressional review act is hardly used at all. as you mentioned, only 20 times in disapproval. it's been used several hundred times to introduce resolutions of disapproval. we see legislatures reaching for it. anthony messaging tool. as a way to signal their constituents that they hear them and hear their concerns. i think we'll continue to see. we have continued to see the tool used in that way. in recent years and going forward. >> viewers might be wondering rather than a resolution of disapproval and a vote in congress and doing this after the fact. why doesn't congress get a vote on the major rules that federal agencies are putting out there. a rule that has an economic impact of 100 million dollars or more. some of these big rules. why not have those go first to congress. to see i

independent state legislature, let's talk about what it really is. it is talking about taking away your voting rights. they are going to say "we have the majority. have the majorit ." they will overturn what the majority of the people want. i don't know if i am explaining that clearly. guest: there are many people who share your views. host: that is all our time. guest: it went by so fast. host: amy howe is the founder and editor of scotus >> house lawmakers today will be working on financial services-related bills. votes are expected at about 6:30 p.m. eastern. later this week, they'll work on a couple of bills protecting gas stoves. the house is now in recess. when members return, watch live coverage here on c-span. online at c-span.org. and with our free c-span now video app. >> watch video on demand anytime online at c-span.org and try our points of interest feare, a timeline tool that uses markers to quickly guide you to news worthy and interesting highlights of our key coverage. use points of interest anytime online at c-span.org. >> live tuesd

constitution says the legislature controls the times, places, and manner of holding elections, stateerrule state lawmakers. but now the u.s. high court has rejected that argument, spelling out how courts have, throughout history, been the final arbiters enforcing state and federal constitutions. the chief justice writing the elections clause dunce insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review. >> we beat back the most serious legal threat our democracy has ever faced with today's ruling. >> reporter: voting rights advocates praised the decision with former president barack obama writing, this ruling is a resounding rejection of the far-right theory that has been peddled by election deniers and extremists seeking to undermine our democracy. the decisions stem from a voting map dispute in north carolina where the state's supreme court initially struck down a congressional map drawn by republicans who then appealed to the u.s. supreme court, saying their state's highest court had no right to step in. but while this case was ongoing, the partisan balance

and in my view the legislative code, the legislature because the constitution gives the legislature the constitutional responsibility from writing the election walls and it is up to the administrators to follow. we identify the team of lawyers and over 30 categories of ballots that have been cast and counted that were cast and counted in violation of georgia law and there were more votes in that category the in the margin of difference. under georgia law as in the case of most states. thear remedy is a new election. georgia was having another on january 5th 2021 because they had the relatively, in my view, crazy general election runoff system so we filed a 64 page complaint, election contest under georgia law with over 1100 pages of verified affidavits and citizens testifying under penalty of perjury that they've witnessed the violationed of law or this violation of law or we have the verified affidavit of a witness or verified affidavit from an expert based on review ofof publicly available governmt documents run against the voter records to determine that there were more, that these b

the state legislatures could do anything they want.ution, the history of the country, go back and look, it's as clear as day. >> msnbc legal analyst, neal katyal, congratulations, thank you very much for coming on the show this morning and sharing your insights. susan page, and lanhee chen, thank you both as well for being on this morning. it's a time for a look at other stories making headlines this morning. >>> ford motor plans to lay off at least a thousand salaried workers in north america. a spokesperson says the auto maker began notifying employees and engineering departments about the job cuts yesterday morning. ford has made several rounds of global layoffs over the past year including cutting 3,000 jobs in the u.s. last summer. executives say the company's annual costs are higher than its rivals, coming in at about 7 to $8 billion. and smoke from canadian wildfires is blanketing chicago, and much of the great lakes region. tens of millions of residents are now dealing with unhealthy air quality conditions. last night, chicago

people into the legislature. and if they're not happy with what they're doing, the way they're governing, then they can recall them, which happened in miami. or they can find someone else to represent their interests. but not everything goes to a vote. but that doesn't mean that public sentiment doesn't matter. it means that the legislature has a job and their job is to make las vegas a world class destination, not just for people coming to the strip, but for people coming there to live, for corporations coming to do business. is major league baseball part of that package? there's a lot of cities who believe it is vegas has gotten sports teams before. oakland has lost sports teams before. the question in front of us is which city and which state will step up to keep or to get major league baseball? the fact that that lawmakers in nevada didn't get this deal done here during the regular legislative session and they had to move this to the special session, how much do you think that that created an opening here for

the nevada legislature has approved a deal to build them. a new stadium. >> from the local news station. you're watching you on morning team. >> happy thursday. lot to get to today. i'm daria and i'm james and we'll get to weather here in a second before. we do just want to get an update from rain about what story you're working on. you know, there's a big multi-agency effort to get drugs off of the street. got some numbers. they're pretty alarming, all right. and want to take a look outside. if you're hitting the road this morning, i'm the only one that didn't get the memo nature's green he's going to be a really nice flu data. now that sunshine, you can see more of it at coit tower right here. looking absolutely gorgeous out there. skies have cleared quicker than they did yesterday. so you get a chance to get out there and enjoy some of these. >> nice conditions, especially towards the bay and the coast were will be clear than yesterday inland. you're holding on to a lot of sunshine. may be too much of it because we're going to be seeing t

constitution allows state legislature's ultimate power in federal elections.s the independent state legislature theory was ultimately rejected tuesday by the supreme court. the ruling essentially says the state legislature's must play by the rules established by state constitutions in courts had the supreme court embrace this theory. it would have affected not only redistricting disputes, but also other things like mail-in voting rules and requirements needed to vote. it could have also allowed state legislature's to overturn elections results that they didn't agree with potentially setting up a major impact on the 2024 elections following this ruling, the supreme court said tried and true president's checking the authority of state legislature's will remain in place if the court gave state legislatures. >> unbridled unchecked authority to gerrymander congressional districts. >> you >> know, it's it's really just partisan game. it's just a situation where politicians are selecting voters rather than voters electing politicians. >> the supreme court still has 7

constitution said that the legislature controls the times an places and manner of holding elections,s had no authority to overrule state lawmakers. but now the u.s. high court has rejected that argument spelling out how courts have throughout history been final arbiters enforcing state and federal constitutions writing the elections clause does not insolate tate legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review. >> we have the most serious legal threat our democracy has ever faced with today's ruling in the case. >> voting rights advocates praised the decision with barack obama weighing in, writing this ruling is a resounding rejection of the far right theory peddled by election deniers an extremists seeking to undermine our democracy. and it started in north carolina with the supreme court initially struck down a congressional map drawn by republicans who then appealed to the u.s. supreme court saying their states highest court had to right to step in. but while this case was ongoing, the partisan balance of the north carolina supreme court changed and they ruled in l

s harper out of north carolina centered on on an independent state legislature theory. it would have given state legislatures unchecked power over federal elections based on extreme interpretation of the constitution's election clause. in a 6-3 ruling the supreme court rejected that anti-democratic theory with chief justices john roberts and justices bret kavanaugh and amy coney barrett siding with the three liberal justices. in his opinion roberts wrote this. the election clause does not insulate state legislators from the ordinary exercise of state judicial reviews. now, john eastman who was a legal advisor to donald trump had embraced this fringe theory as a means to try to overturn the 2020 election. arguing that then-vice president mike pence had the power to refuse to certify the results. in an e-mail exchange yesterday with nbc news, eastman claimed the ruling would prevent legislatures were addressing illegality and fraud in a timely manner. but when asked if the ruling invalidates the arguments he himself made in 2020 eastman wrote, quote, no, but it would be m

. >> the supreme court today rejected the so-called independent state legislature theory.explain how this theory tracks with the actions then president trump wanted then vice president pence to take on january 6, actions which we should remind people you personally convinced the vice president not to take. >> anderson, the moore versus harper is the most significant case for america's democracy since our founding almost 250 years ago. >> wow. that's saying a lot. >> it is, indeed. we can -- i can explain that to you if we have time. today's decision was a reverberating, resounding victory for america's democracy. to your specific question, the independent -- so-called independent state legislature theory of constitutional interpretation was the centerpiece of the former president's effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. in particular, that aspect of the plan that called for the various legislatures in the swing states to transmit to congress for counting fake elect t electoral slates that would vote for donald trump over joe biden, even though joe biden had won

constitution says that the legislature controls the times, places and manner of holding elections, state courts had no authority. but now the high court rejected that argument spelling out how courts throughout the history have been final arbiters and writing that the elections clause does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise state judicial review. >> we beat back the biggest threat our democracy has ever faced. >> reporter: and voting rights advocates praised the decision with former president barack obama weighing in writing this ruling is a resounding rejection of the far right theory that has been peddled by election deniers seeking to undermine our democracy. the decision stems from a voting map dispute in north carolina where initially they struck down a map drawn by republicans who then appealed to the u.s. supreme court saying that their state court had no right to step in. but while the case was ongoing, the partisan balance changed and they ruled in late april that state courts have no role to play when it comes to policing election maps. >> so we know our

the report suggests the legislature cut one time spending projects by about 6 billion dollars. so we do disagree with the legislative analysts that they're going to be problems. >> that we're going to have to confront future years. california department of finance deputy director hd palmer worked closely on the budget and spoke to us behalf of the newsom administration. he says the administration has taken steps to ensure this year's budget is fiscally responsible. we don't want to >> exacerbate the risks that are there. >> the doing the things like higher ongoing like raising taxes like tapping into the reserves. we may need them down the road. it's a message echoed by democratic assembly budget chair phil ting. you might recall the last time we had a recession, california couldn't pay its bills. we couldn't be further from that. but on the republican side, members say they are concerned the state spending beyond its means. what we have people in this body that are addicted to spending. and that's that's becoming an american problem. and we knock it off because eventually peop

if the nevada legislature doesn't act on the a stadium plan on monday, the governor can call the legislatureinto special session. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> happening now, francisco's african american reparations advisory committee is holding a special meeting to talk about their final draft for a reparations plan. the group is meeting to further discuss who would receive payments and how the meeting started at 5.30, this evening. it is open to the public and being held virtually or in person. so it's still not too late to participate. if you're interested, there is a second meeting scheduled for next monday. >> in san francisco, there's a new effort to try to get drivers to slow down in the bayview neighborhood along palou avenue. construction has started to build new speed bumps with slots to accommodate new ne emergency vehicles. city leaders say they hope this will protect pedestrians and bicyclists from speeding cars. 16 speed bumps will be installed. city officials are planning to continue to work throughout the bay view over the next 6 months. >> for some speed bumps coming down, sta

we shut down the legislature. we did that at a time when. working in most restaurants, people were a lot of jobs throughout our state. i don't quite know how to reconcile i really think that we should have kept working as o legislative body. i think it would have been important symbolically on the issues. he says he's proud of the multiple budgets. he's worked on and his efforts to make the legislature more diverse. but another key matters. he recognizes it's been topped. what is your take to some? >> who have well. those issues, homelessness, housing have not gotten better death fair. i think it's i think politicians, we too often sort of deflect those types of things and talk about what we've done rather than talk about reality. we've devoted a lot of resources, but i would say those those problems took a generation to create. they're going to take a a long to solve on what it was like working with both governor newsom and brown running offered a sense of humor there. gavin newsom has better hair for sure. but in all seriousness, redden ha

the republican party said all of that is up to the state legislature and the state legislature alone,ey could be acting unconstitutionally against their own state constitutions and there would be no check on that. the state courts have no business reviewing that. that is what we argued against. that is what the supreme court in a very strong 6-3 decision said we were right about. ordinary checks and balances. geoff: after the 2020 presidential election, the trump campaign and its allies filed anlost more than 60 lawsuits at the state level aimed at overturning the election outcome. had of this legal theory been legal and actionable back that, what would have been the impact? neal: the 60 cases in the 2020 election that were decided againstrump really do illustrate the dangers of this independt state legislature theory. it would have been most of those cases could have been decided by courts at all. it would be up to raw political power in what state legislatures want to do without any check or balance. people even tried to do and say to state legislatures that you can throw out the po

it's clear that the alabama legislature engaged in race based gerrymandering. justice clarence thomas dissented in a54 vote. thomas said the issue was whether the voting rights act of 1965 required alabama to make its districts racially proportional to its population. thomas said the law, quote, demands no such thing. and if it did, the constitution would not permit it. section two has think ever been applied to require or guarantee some sort of maximal outcome for any racial group? now, alabama must go back to the drawing board and put together a map that creates a second congressional district with a substantially black population in time for next year's election . in washington, griff jenkins, fox news. all right. dig a little deeper here into this decision. we're joined by stephen wolpert, political science professor and constitutional law expert at saint mary's college. professor, certainly appreciate the time. as you heard the ruling was filed for chief justice roberts , justice kavanaugh siding with the court's liberal members. are you surprised by this

the nevada legislature wrapping up its session without even voting on the tonight, kron four's dan kerman gives us a look at what this means for the city of oakland. >> the 82nd session of the senate of the legislature of the state of nevada is adjourned. >> sine die at 12, 19 tuesday morning, the nevada legislature wrapped up its 120 day legislative session for the year. >> without voting, whether nearly 400 million dollars in public money to help the oakland a's build a 1.5 billion dollar 30,000 seat stadium with a retractable roof on the las vegas strip. governor joe lombardo has said i anticipate calling a special legislative session. but at this point there is conflicting information as to whether stadium project we'll even be discussed at a special session. i do think it is a ray of hope for the oakland a's. but >> as we know when you go to las vegas, nobody ever loses in las vegas, right? they always come back with bags full of cash and the goal is served as executive vice president and vice president of business operations for the a's. >> from 1980, to 1994 when walter on the team