I want to go right to that point you were making before. If you go to the Elections Clause, it is set up, it seems purposefully, to create Congress as a backstop for the State legislatures, to make sure that Congress could regulate time, place, manner of elections and so on, over the States, if necessary.
Raskin emphasizes Congress's role in regulating elections as a safeguard for state legislatures.
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I felt my constituents had a right to know. I wanted to have that transparency. And I think it also gave me a tremendous amount of support.
The Republicans fault Mr. Smith for not reading the minds of congressional investigators and for not volunteering information they didn't ask for. This is absurd. Mr. Smith may be telegenic but he is not telepathic.
But the good news is that the vast majority of Americans across the political spectrum are standing up for our democracy and our freedom in our free and fair elections.
Do you feel the outrage of Renee Good and Alex Pretti? You don't belong on this committee. You should get the hell out of here!
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