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9 Oct 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
In Foley’s view, the Jeffersonian goal underlying the Twelfth Amendment of 1804 was not merely to cure the mischief arising from the fact that electors were obligated to cast two “undifferentiated” votes for president—the great misstep that led to the Burr-Jefferson tie of 1800 and to Hamilton’s several attempts to throw votes away from John Adams. [read post]