What is the difference between “legal” and “just for the fuck of it.” The legal system is just a process.

Yes, a legal system is a process and you follow the process to be legal and not “just for the fuck of it”

Are we going to ask if mayonnaise is an instrument now?

After all, you said that “state control over federal elections has always been fundamental to US federalism.” So why does a state need to allow any given candidate onto their ballot?

I literally never said that.