University of Idaho Professor Emeritus Don Burnett will talk about āThe Independent State Legislature ā Fringe Political Theory or Constitutional Mandate?ā at noon Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the 1912 Centerās Lecompte Auditorium as part of the Moscow League of Women Voters fall speaker series.
Burnett, a past dean of the UI College of Law, will address questions about the so-called āindependent state legislatureā theory, including whether a state legislature could appoint the stateās Electoral College delegates independently from the popular vote in that state.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case from North Carolina this fall testing the constitutional validity of the theory, and Burnett will discuss the controversy and its potential implications.