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43 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 851 (2001-2002)
Congressional Power over Presidential Elections: Lessons from the Past and Reforms for the Future

handle is hein.journals/wmlr43 and id is 887 raw text is: William and Mary Law Review VOLUME 43 No. 3,2002 CONGRESSIONAL POWER OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: LESSONS FROM THE PASTAND REFORMS FOR THE FUTURE DAN T. COENEN* EDWARD J. LARSON** TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................... 853 I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT ......................... 854 II. ELECTORAL REFORM AND THE 1876 ELECTION .......... 860 III. CURRENT REFORM PROPOSALS ...................... 871 IV. CONGRESSIONAL POWER TO ENACT PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION REFORMS ............. 875 A. The Commerce Power ........................... 879 B. The Fourteenth Amendment Enforcement Power ...... 881 C. The Implied Congressional Power to Regulate Presidential Elections .................... 887 1. The Active-Cheating Distinction ................. 890 2. The Printz Problem ........................... 896 3. The Negative-Implication Argument from the Times, Places and Manner Clause .............. 899 * J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law, University of Georgia. B.S., University of Wisconsin; J.D., Cornell Law School. ** Richard B. Russell Professor of History and Law, University of Georgia. B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of Wisconsin; J.D., Harvard University;, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. The authors thank Emily Hammond, B.J. Richards, and Laura Wheaton for assistance in preparing the Article and Walter Hellerstein and Randy Beck for a thoughtful review of an earlier draft.

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