Attorney General Todd Blanche confronted CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday after the network highlighted only the first portion of the Constitution's Elections Clause during a heated exchange on "State of the Union" over the Justice Department's lawsuit concerning two candidates with similar names in Alaska's closely watched Senate race. Blanche pushed back as Bash referenced the Alaska Supreme Court's earlier ruling allowing Daniel J.Sullivan Jr., who shares a name with incumbent Republican Sen.
Dan Sullivan, to remain on the ballot.The attorney general demanded that CNN display the remainder of the constitutional provision, which grants Congress authority to make or alter regulations governing congressional elections."Conveniently, you put up the Constitution on your screen, but you highlighted only 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? Put that back up there," Blanche said.BLANCHE WON'T RULE OUT DOJ BLOCKING ELECTION CERTIFICATION IN 'DOOMSDAY' SCENARIOAttorney General Todd Blanche confronted CNN host Dana Bash after the network highlighted only part of the Constitution's Elections Clause during a heated discussion about Alaska's Senate election.(Getty Images)The exchange centered on Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution, which gives state legislatures authority to establish procedures for congressional elections while permitting Congress to enact or modify those regulations.Blanche argued that the second half of the provision supports the federal government's intervention under existing federal statutes."The second clause says that the Congress may at any time by law, and we have a law, and that's the law that we're relying on when we filed suit earlier this week," Blanche said.The Justice Department’s lawsuit relies on the National Voter Registration Act, arguing that allowing a candidate who, according to the DOJ, intends to confuse voters to re...