State ex rel. Chandler v. Howell

Citations

• 104 Wash. 99
• 175 P. 569

Syllabus

<p>United States (2) — Members of Congress — Qualifications — State Regulations. The Federal Constitution, art. 1, §§ 2 and 5, providing the qualifications of members of Congress and that Congress shall be the sole judge thereof, cannot be added to or varied by the state Constitution, art. 4, § 15, which provides that judges of the supreme and superior courts shall be ineligible to any other office or employment other than a judicial one during the term for which they have been elected.</p> <p>Same (2). The fact that the state, in the absence of Federal legislation, can provide for primary elections, does not give it power to provide the qualifications of those seeking nomination for membership in Congress at such primary elections.</p>