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30 Dec 2021, 9:03 pm
Congress reconvened to certify the electoral college results after a mob of President Trump supporters stormed the U.S. [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 1:00 am
John Thune (R-SD), the second-highest ranking Republican in the Senate, have indicated at least tacit interest in reforming the Electoral Count Act – the 1877 law that lays out the procedures for certifying and casting Electoral College votes. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 3:01 am
In Georgia, Indiana, and Missouri, state legislatures adopted laws requiring voters to provide government-issued photo ID in order to vote, despite arguments from voting rights advocates that such requirements would disproportionately burden poor, minority, disabled, elderly, and college-age voters. [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 6:05 am
He appears to have significant culpability for acting in lockstep with Trump and, in particular, for taking an active role in implementing the fake-electors scheme. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 7:20 am
” Similarly, Article II’s electors clause says that states shall appoint presidential electors for the Electoral College “in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 11:39 am
Tilden won the popular vote by a 51-48 margin, but the electoral college was in dispute due to a controversy over how to allocate votes from Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 5:55 am
” Democratic backsliding in the United States may have distinctive attributes, given pre-existing features of the U.S. constitutional system such as the Electoral College, U.S. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 4:56 pm
The change would lead to further ripple-effects like the need to re-district a large number of congressional districts, and the need to re-allocate Electoral College votes. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 5:00 pm
In fact, the President is arguably much more democratic (because he is elected at a national level – although even here there is some skew in the Electoral College in favor of small states), and it is President Obama who has direct supervision over EPA. [read post]
28 Dec 2013, 1:39 pm
” Bitcher & Prickman cartoons are always worth a look – from US lawyer Charles Fincher Esq 2015 is coming soon and the current government will have to see what can be done with the electorate. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 3:17 am
He was named President in a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 1:22 am
For example, were it not for the structural provision of the Electoral College, Al Gore would have likely won the Presidency in 2000. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 11:00 pm
: "A Groupon for College Courses Actually Makes a Lot of Sense" http://j.mp/pyX9EY "Paper versus the iPad: Is taking notes on a tablet computer or a notepad more environmentally responsible? [read post]
18 Jan 2022, 4:42 am
They fail to consider that they might lose, even though they can rationalize why federalism and the electoral college make them the majority even when they lose elections. [read post]
16 May 2016, 4:29 am
A good illustration of the exemplary analogy is Sandy Levinson’s recent post on Balkinization (and oped in the Dallas Morning News), in which he praises Alexander Hamilton’s support for Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr, following the electoral college tie in the election of 1800. [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 2:00 pm
The electoral system for choosing the president broke down almost immediately. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 12:41 pm
That’s when, for example, a politician might exploit public fears to score political points with the electorate, like, say, when Jessica’s Law (PDF) was passed, including an overkill provision: Convicted sex offenders can’t live with 2,000 feet of schools and parks. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 4:12 am
Consider the electoral college, unequal representation in the Senate, the straight jacket of Article V, which sets forth the process of amending the constitution, an overly burdensome impeachment provision, the failure of checks and balances, the myth of the separation of powers, unelected judges rewriting the Constitution . . . whew . . . the weaknesses seem unlimited. [read post]
9 Aug 2008, 6:27 pm
This procedure yields estimates of electoral uncertainty and politicians effectiveness as perceived by the interest groups. [read post]
29 May 2011, 9:00 pm
(Many Americans at the time preferred the cowboy mentality of Ronald Reagan, who defeated Carter in an Electoral College landslide. [read post]
