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One is their function in helping to form the national government; another is the control exercised over them by the Federal Constitution through the Federal courts ; the third is the control exercised over them by the Federal legislature and Executive in the discharge of the governing functions which these latter authorities possess. 1. The States serve to form the national government by choosing Presidential electors, by choosing Senators, and b}'- fixing the franchise which qualifies citizens... to vote for members of the House of Representatives. The only restric- tion imposed on State discretion in this respect is that of the fifteenth amendment, which forbids any person to be de- prived of suffrage, on " account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. " 2. The Federal Constitution deprives the States of cer- tain powers they would otherwise enjoy. They are liable to be sued in the Federal courts by another State or by a for- eign power. They cannot, without the consent of Congress, 1^ 1 44 A IVI E R I C A N C O M .
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