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To: billbears
I agree Congress should be in charge of the election, however there is no mention of how the candidates are chosen. Therefore, a state issue

The NJ Supreme Court decision affected the ballot that would appear on election day, making it subject to Federal regulation.

Further, the decision was that of the NJ Court and not the State Legislature, which is also in violation of Article 1, Section 4.




367 posted on 10/07/2002 12:48:37 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth; steveegg
Well, a majority of the Supreme Court Justices didn't apparently see it that way did they? This includes Thomas and Scalia. This is different than Bush v Gore because that was a federal election affecting citizens of all states, not just Florida. In this case, theoretically as the Constitution would have it, the only citizens affected were those of the state of New Jersey

Your arguments have taken every power out of the hands of the states why not one more? When will it be enough? Was the decision made by the NJ SC correct? No, it was not. However this is an issue for the state courts. In the long run, this decision works towards the rights of the states and how they run their internal affairs, something I thought conservatives still cared about

374 posted on 10/07/2002 12:58:05 PM PDT by billbears
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