Wilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoNorth Dakota voters pass measure to impose age limits on congressional candidateswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkNorth Dakota voters pass measure to impose age limits on congressional candidateswww.nbcnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoNo, they can’t. The SCOTUS ruled in 1995 that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those the Constitution specifies. state-imposed restrictions … violate a third idea central to this basic principle: that the right to choose representatives belongs not to the States, but to the people
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWhat a fucking crazy quote in the face of the electoral college.
minus-squareBoddhisatva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoWell that’s going to stick in the craw of certain state legislatures when they try to overrule the will of the voters in the upcoming election.
No, they can’t. The SCOTUS ruled in 1995 that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those the Constitution specifies.
What a fucking crazy quote in the face of the electoral college.
Well that’s going to stick in the craw of certain state legislatures when they try to overrule the will of the voters in the upcoming election.