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The Constitution allows Congress to pass laws regarding elections.

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During an interview, AG Todd Blanche stated that while the Constitution's first clause was highlighted, the second clause allows Congress to pass laws, and this is the law they are relying on for a lawsuit filed earlier that week. He added that the Alaska Supreme Court did not address the implied federal law.

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Sullivan, Jr. could remain on the ballot. Well conveniently you put up the Constitution on your screen, but you highlighted on the first clause. Why don't you show the next clause to your viewers, which says that Congress is allowed to pass laws to make sure that that happens. Yes. Put that back up there. Yes. And that's exactly what we're doing. So the Alaska Spring Court did not address the federal law that's implied. We have it up. Go ahead. is what we are doing now. So, okay, so, but look, so you highlighted the first clause. The second clause says, but the Congress may at any time by law and we have a law, that's the law that we're relying on when we filed suit earlier this week. So this is about taking away the rights of a,

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