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Exploring drafting history of the requirement that Senators be nine years a citizen of the United States.
Arguing that ballot fees are foreclosed by the original understanding of the House and Senate Qualifications Clauses.
Discussing “natural aristocracy” of meritorious Americans meant by the Framers to comprise the Senate (supporting the contention that the Senator Qualifications Clause was meant to be exclusive).
Looking to the Federal Convention, founding era documents, and case law and concluding that it is not clear whether the Qualifications Clauses are exclusive of other potential qualifications.
Roderick M. Hills, Jr., A Defense of State Constitutional Limits on Federal Congressional Terms, 53 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 97, 110–33 (1991).
Arguing that the Qualifications Clauses were not originally understood to preempt additional qualifications.
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