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The State Constitution Defines Legislature for the Purpose of Certain Things
Lawmaking under the elections clause, Hawk explained, is entirely different from the requirement of the Constitution as to the expression of assent or dissent. Says by fulfilling the constitutional duty to craft the rules governing federal elections, state legislatures do not consent, ratify or elect, they make laws. "To me, truthfully, that really sounds a lot like what Vic was trying to explain this to me years ago," he says.