The Electoral College Debate
Subjecting presidential elections to the popular vote sounds eminently fair to Americans who have been miseducated by public schools and universities.
Interstate Agreement Scheme to Elect President By Popular Vote Is Unconstitutional
There has been a strong push to do away with the Electoral College in recent years. One of the more interesting proposals is the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.” Not only does it attempt to circumvent the constitutional process of electing a president, it actually is effectively an…
Twelfth Amendment and the Electoral College: Electors’ Right to Vote Their Conscience
Independence Institute Court Brief Uphold's Founders' View of Electoral College
The Civilization Wreckers’ Next Target: The Electoral College
Connecticut just became the tenth blue state to pledge to cast its electoral votes for whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote nationally. Why? Because according to the measure’s proponents, the electoral college — along with everything else that’s more than 10 minutes old — is backward and stupid. Here’s one more step toward making…
Faithless Electors and the Constitution
neither the text nor post-ratification practice nor framers' expectations (once we are focused on the right framers) supports the idea of a constitutional duty of the electors to exercise independent judgment.
URGENT!! Recount Begins-More Volunteers Needed!
”The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.” Franklin Pierce A Federal judge has ruled that the recount MUST begin Monday, “a massive hand recount of 4.8 million ballots cast in the presidential election at noon Monday.” Despite NO evidence of voter fraud …
URGENT!! Recount Begins-More Volunteers Needed!
”The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.” Franklin Pierce A Federal judge has ruled that the recount MUST begin Monday, “a massive hand recount of 4.8 million ballots cast in the presidential election at noon Monday.” Despite NO evidence of voter fraud …
The Popular Vote: A Frivolous Statistic in the Presidential Race
In the wake of the presidential election, Hillary Clinton supporters have cried foul because their candidate won the popular vote, but lost in the Electoral College. So now they want to abolish it. In response, Tom Woods recently hosted an episode of his podcast discussing the Electoral College with historians Kevin Gutzman and Brion McClanahan. The…
Why the Electoral College? Because State and Regional Diversity Matters.
Where you live, your day-to-day experience gained through interacting with your physical environment, influences your political viewpoint. The Founders realized this. When the Electoral College was born through compromise in 1787, each former-colony-turned-state had a unique history and perspective giving rise to significant political differences between it and its neighbors. The Founders had to resolve […]
What’s Wrong With the Electoral College?
Interest in our system for electing the President of the United States is high. I actually understand why voters feel disenfranchised by the Electoral College as it is presently constituted within 48 states, but the media and political party "powerful" aren't explaining how the system works, why it was designed as it was. Instead, many people are working to circumvent or abolish it altogether. Read full articleWhat’s Wrong With the Electoral College?