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Scrutinizing Federal Electoral Qualifications, Derek T. Muller

Indiana Law Journal

Candidates for federal office must meet several constitutional qualifications. Sometimes, whether a candidate meets those qualifications is a matter of dispute. Courts and litigants often assume that a state has the power to include or exclude candidates from the ballot on the basis of the state’s own scrutiny of candidates’ qualifications. Courts and litigants also often assume that the matter is not left to the states but to Congress or another political actor. But those contradictory assumptions have never been examined, until now.

This Article compiles the mandates of the Constitution, the precedents of Congress, the practices of states administering …

The Marshall Court: Nationalization Of Private Rights And Personal Liberty From The Authority Of The Commerce Clause, W. Howard Mann

Indiana Law Journal

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Administrative Determinations And Personal Rights In The Present Supreme Court, Ralph F. Fuchs

Indiana Law Journal

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