By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Jason Snead

Marc Elias, the main Democratic election lawyer, complains that “a harmful principle can have its day in courtroom” this fall. That’s wealthy—he was instrumental in bringing it there by litigating the case that raises it. However his dire warnings have attracted loads of help. The headline of a Washington Publish op-ed by a trio of authorized students blares the specter of a “physique blow to our democracy.”

Moore v. Harper is the product of a nationwide marketing campaign, led by Mr. Elias, to mow down state election legal guidelines that make it simple to vote however exhausting to cheat. That effort is a big a part of the explanation the Supreme Courtroom felt the necessity to weigh in.