@jbf1755 #alttext As historians who have studied and written extensively about the constitutional history of the revolutionary era, our answer to the question driving this litigation is clear. The original public meaning of the Elections Clause did not give the state legislatures exclusive power to regulate congressional elections, unchecked by the state constitution or other branches of state government. (1/3)

@jbf1755 Nothing in the records of the deliberations at Philadelphia or the public debates surrounding ratification supports that contention. There is no evidence that anyone at the time expressed the view that Petitioners now espouse; nor would anyone have attempted to disprove an idea that had never been broached. (2/3)