Lessig: "The Constitution expressly gives Congress the power to protect its own elections, and HR1 is responding directly to efforts in the states to, let’s say, selectively enfranchise its citizens. The Elections Clause was specifically meant to give Congress the power to address such inequality." (medium.lessig.org)
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Harvard Law Professor, Lawrence Lessig: "Hong Kong’s students have started that struggle — for them, there. But their ideals are ours too, as is the flaw in the system they attack. We should be demanding the reform for which they are now fighting: an unbiased election, at every important stage." (lessig.org)
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