hmm, Fair enough, Mrs. Mephistopheles,
Just where is the Time, Manner, and Place specified in the U.S. Constitution
for presidential elections ? Keep looking, try again, then keep looking.
So perplexing that you simply make the implausible statement that it does not apply to presidential elections. It is the ONLY place federal elections are mentioned as to Time, Place, and Manner, and it is very specific as to whom is granted the authority to make that decision.
Is it not?
Were not Congressional reps voted for in that same exact election ? Is the Legislative Branch as Legitimate as the Executive Branch and do they not serve as checks and balances of power?
When in the history of the USA, is an election held separately for President and Congressional Representation, where the election is not held concurrently? Your point is moot.
Where is this authority derived? Derived from the people, and representative gov't under a Constitutional Republic is closest to the people with their elected congressional representatives. So much so, that for more than half of this nations existence, it was the Congressman that chose their own states U.S. Senators on behalf of the people that they represent.
The time, manner, and place for voting for ones Federal congressional representative coincides with Federal, State, and Local elections, do they not? These rules are not guidelines with gray area related to the President. and are implied as to be understood that the elections for all things federal coincide.
If you're gonna make a statement such as "Look Again" , then you need to provide the specific wording elsewhere regarding elections. The beauty is in it's simplicity and directness by
James Madison, the author..
Connect the election interference. Easy. It is quite simple.
If an election is held via unconstitutional conduct, that itself is interfering with the change in Time, Manner, and Place in haste, and therefore the legitimacy is null and void. That itself interferes with that states Oath to adhere to the constitution they swore to uphold. Does not a governor of every state, take an oath to uphold the constitution? Does not every
state supreme court justice swear to uphold the U.S. Constitution? These states that had anybody other that the 'legislators thereof' change the Time, Method, or Manner of holding elections, has violated that oath and ran roughshod, walking all over Article 1, Section 4; not upholding it like they swore to do.
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