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Maria S. Lazar: “The Constitution is written in a great way in that it gives…”

Featuring: Maria S. Lazar, Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II

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Published | Video Starts at 54:23

And then I was wondering, President Trump has made calls to nationalize elections ahead of the November midterms. And if you thought it was illegal for the state to hand over their elections to the federal Well, so The Constitution is written in a great way in that it gives a lot of power to the states, and each state has those rights, those powers. We have our Constitution, and it's different. And there are things in our Constitution that are not in the United States Constitution. (54:23–54:34)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution grants significant powers to individual states.

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