- 1.4.1The Elections Clausenot yet published The Elections Clause assigns state legislatures default authority over federal election administration while reserving to Congress the power to override — a tiered design that decentralizes administration and centralizes the backstop. The design holds; the strains are the scope ambiguity of "manner" and the collapse of the procedure-franchise distinction in operational practice.
- 1.4.2The Assembly Clausenot yet published The Assembly Clause guarantees that Congress meets annually and independently — a structural response to the Crown's prorogation power. The Twentieth Amendment corrected the calendar defect that produced the lame-duck problem. The clause holds; the secondary questions are the residual lame-duck window and the unresolved meaning of "assemble" under modern conditions.