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Article: Courting illegitimacy in New Jersey.(LETTERS)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2002
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Republican Party has justifiably asked the U.S. Supreme Court ("Republicans move to block Torricelli-Lautenberg switch," Nation, Friday) to step in and stay the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision to ignore clearly written state law and approve the Democratic Party's transparent ploy to cheat voters of their basic rights by allowing a losing Senate candidate to be replaced on a whim after the legislated deadline.
Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution clearly delegates to state legislatures, not state courts, the authority over the "times, places and manner" of elections for U.S. senators and congressmen. And the ...