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XVIII void and of no effect whatever, and gave them none of the rights or privileges of Senators.
It is most manifest that the Senate must first fully judge of the Elections and Qualifications of its Members, by adjudging who are elected, what deficiencies exist and who are the Candidates from whom those deficiencies exist and who are the Candidates from whom those deficiencies should be supplied before a Convention can proceed to supply such deficiencies. In ascertaining the Candidates the Senate necessarily judges off the Elections by the People and of the Qualification of the Person voted for, in respect to their eligibility. To suppose the Senate could exercise this power twice, once "Before," and again "After" the deficiency are supplied, would be absurd. Its whole power