Amicus brief of bipartisan current and former members of Congress

… TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................................................................... ii STATEMENT OF INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE ........................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT .................................................... 2 ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................................... 5 I. THE ORDER AND FINAL RULE USURP CONGRESS’S CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE AS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY ON FEDERAL-ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. ............................................... 5 A. The Text of the Elections Clause Confers Authority on the States and Congress, and Nowhere Mentions the Executive ....................... 6 B. The History of the Elections Clause Confirms that the …