The Constitution also left a mark on international history.
The Constitution, however, leaves the determination of voting qualifications to the individual states.
The effect of this decision is that "the Constitution left it to the executive, and not the judiciary, to decide what national security required".
He added: "I would decline to interfere further with matters that the Constitution leaves to the states."
The Constitution, not surprisingly, leaves the matter primarily in the hands of the legislature.
But, they said, the Constitution left them no choice.
Like so many other interesting matters, the Constitution had left the question unduly vague.
The Constitution leaves lesser wrongs to the political process and to public opinion.
The state is defending the measure as an election regulation of the sort the Constitution leaves the states free to impose.
The Constitution leaves it to each state to decide how to award its electoral votes.