You know, the person I trust the most is Jamie Raskin on this. He was a constitutional law professor right prior to coming to Congress. And he said, you know, We had elections during the Civil War, during World War I. I mean, we've had, we, we always have him and the President doesn't have the authority generally without really jumping through a lot of hoops and a lot of legal hurdles to do anything. (27:38–27:41)
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Asserts that elections were held during the Civil War and World War I.
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