June 21, 2021
The Star
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Rolette County Public Health has
also worked with the International '
Peace Garden vaccinating their staff
and any Canadians employed there
as essential workers who were com—
ing into the garden to work.
The local health agency also of-
fers vaccine to the inmates at Rolette
County Jail.
This week, RCPH will set up shop
during Music on Main in Rolla. Be-
tween dancing and games, those who
come to the Rolla Chamber of Com-
merce event can get vaccinated from
5 to 8 pm.
Henderson also commented on
the “rumblings” regarding the open-
ing of the U.S.—Canada border. News
reports on both sides of the 49th par-
allel have hinted at the possibilities
in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, the Canadian
government took a cautious first step
toward easing COVID-19 border re-
strictions, saying it was prepared to
relax quarantine protocols for fully
vaccinated citizens returning home
starting in early July.
Canada’s air and land borders
have allowed for only essential travel
since March of last year, and people
returning home are required to quar-
antine for 14 days. If they arrive by
mer school and explained that every-
thing has been going well. The
school is providing two hour sessions
with roughly 46 elementary students
attending.
“The teachers feel they have time
to connect and it’s going very well,”
Mitchell said. “It was an invitation
for students and we have had good
attendance.” V
> Classes are being held for three
weeks and are four days a week.
The school is also welcoming
around 70 students for various 21st
Century activities throughout the
month of June.
stroy congressional power to “deter-
mine that elections shall be at conven—
ient and suitable times” and to “prevent
corruption or undue influence.”
For a Convention that was animated
by the need to strengthen the authority
Of the federal government in the face
of theabysmal performance of The Ar-
ticles of Confederation, which exalted
state over national authority, the preser-
vation of Congress and its ultimate au-
thority to regulate “in the last resort” its
own elections, plumbed the depths of
the republican enterprise on which it
had embarked.
One measure of the founding gen—
eration’s understanding of the ultimate
constitutional authority wielded by
Congress in the regulation of elections
may be seen in the acknowledgment of
it by opponents of the arrangement.
Elbridge Gerry, a frarner from Mas-
sachusetts, writing on October 10,
1787, under the title of “Federal
Farmer,” the most prominent series of
anti—Federalist papers, explained the
import of the Tirrre, Place and Manner V
Clause in a lawyerly and moderate
tone. Congress, he said, has the power
to “regulate elections. Were it omitted,
the regulations of elections would be
solely in the respective states.”
Gerry’s concession was reiterated in
various anti-Federalist tracts. Abraham
Holmes, also a member of the Massa-
chusetts State R‘atifying Convention,
was at pains to admit that, by virtue of
the Clause, the power of choosing the
time and manner of “representatives is
wholly at the disposal of Congress.”
Luther Martin, a frarner from Mary-
land who campaigned against ratifica-
Vaccinations
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air, they also must stay in a desig-
nated hotel until they receive a nega-
tive COVID-19 test.
A news article last week in the
Canadian newspaper, the National
Post, said Monday (today) is the day
the current cabinet order restricting
land travel to the US. needs to be re-
newed, and government officials said
the next order may give dates on how
a phased reopening could start. The
official suggested the reopening
would not begin right on June 21 it-
self, but perhaps in the following
weeks;
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has
previously said the government will
start with allowing fully vaccinated
travelers to cross the border.
Government officials are working
on various logistical issues, including
how to establish a digital vaccination
School
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Lastly, Superintendent Brad Nash
gave a repOrt on some projects that
are being worked on around the
building this summer. In addition to
installing several new windows,
work is also being done on bath-
rooms located near the kindergarten
room. Nash said new flooring and
stalls were being installed. Once fin-
ished all the bathrooms in the school
will have been updated.
The school also received two new
propane buses. A filing station will be
installed near the bus barn this sum—
mer. The busses were paid for with
grant dollars.
Regulate
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tion of the Constitution, agreed: the au-
thority over elections is “entirely left at
the mercy” of Congress. 7
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bills that will make it much more diffi—
cult for minorities to vote. The ration-
ale — “securing the vote” reflects
their view, demonstrably false, as we
have seen, that the 2020 election was
rife with significant fraud, which, in
their estimation, requires reform meas-
ures to protect the “integrity” of Amer-
ican elections. Democrats, however,
believe these measures represent an ex—
ercise in voter suppression.
The constitutional issue is one of
great moment for our nation. Voting
rights — the hallmark of American
Democracy — must be preserved lest
our system melt into a form of govem—
ment unrecognizable in our history and
law.
certificate that would be accepted by
border officials in other countries.
Part of that includes securing agree-
ments with provincial governments.
Canadian business organizations
~ particularly the lobby associations
for the tourism, hotel, transportation
and other related industries — have
been especially vocal in demanding
_more clarity on when border meas-
ures will be relaxed, given the fast—
rising vaccination numbers and
steeply falling case counts. .
Business groups have also been
pointing to the report last month by
the federal govemment’s COVID- 19
Testing and Screening Expert Advi-
sory Panel, which recommended ad-
justing border measures to allow
fully vaccinated people to travel
without a quarantine requirement as
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In other news, the school board
took a pass on any sports co-op talk
at last week’s regular meeting.
The board’s co-op committee,
consisting of Janelle Camahan and
Brett McCloud, met with their coun—
terparts from Rolette a few weeks
prior to the regular meeting last Tues-
day but nothing in regards to the co—
op was disCussed by the full board.
Discussions about combining the
volleyball and basketball teams have
been ongoing.
The topic could be discussed by
the full Rolette School Board, which
is set to meet today (Monday).
Readers may quarrel over the issue
of whether the “For the People Act” is
politically wise or desirable from a pol—
icy standpoint or whether it satisfies the
needs of our democracy. But there is no
attestisinthat Cpngress, as Hamilton,
Madison and the rest of the founders
determined, possesses the ultimate
constitutional authority to regulate the
time and manner of congressional elec—
tions.
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Democracy through promotion of the
Constitution, civic education, equal
protection and gender equality.
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