A group of 11 Michigan lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow them to keep fighting in court to affirm their constitutionally specified powers to prescribe the conduct of federal elections in the state.
The group includes two state senators and nine representatives, all Republicans.
Erick Kaardal, the lead attorney for the petitioners, told The Epoch Times that Michigan’s election laws have undergone major changes since 2018 without any input from the state Legislature as required by Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.
Section 4 reads in part: “The times, places, and manner of holding elections for (U.S.) senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.”…
Michigan Lawmakers Take Their Fight for Right to Regulate Elections to Supreme Court
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