… or alter what we will loosely describe as laws establishing the time, place and manner in which federal elections will take place, except as to places of choosing Senators. So We have the authority to do this under the Constitution, not as to state races, but as to federal races, principally U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate races. We have that authority. Article 1, Section 4 gives it to us. Moreover, if those who mistakenly argue that this somehow tramples on state sovereign authority, if there were any … (05:38–05:50)
CLAIM
Asserts that Congress has constitutional authority to regulate federal, not state, election races.
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