No idea...is “1878” the year it happened?
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“is “1878” the year it happened?”
Sounds like it is a SCOTUS ruling/opinion thrown down in 1878.
Plenty of election shenanigans over the History of the US. The Human Beans, as a distribution, don’t really change all that fast. Plenty of Greek and Romans examples to study as potential precedents too.
UNITED STATES
v.
THROCKMORTON.
October Term, 1878
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/98/61#