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7 Jul 2020, 3:40 am
” At Education Week’s School Law Blog, Mark Walsh talks to one of the electors, Micheal Baca, who “hopes that even with the defeat for faithless electors, a larger debate over the Electoral College will gain new momentum. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 6:38 pm
Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules electoral college representatives must honor choice of state’s voters. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 3:05 pm
” This decision comes after several “faithless” electors attempted to deny Electoral College votes to President Trump during the 2016 election. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 1:56 pm
” Such electors refuse to cast their Electoral College ballots for the presidential candidate the voters of their state selected. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 12:24 pm
WASHINGTON — States can require members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for the presidential candidates they had pledged to support, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday, curbing the independence of electors and limiting one potential source of uncertainty in the 2020 presidential election. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 11:29 am
One nightmare scenario of the Electoral College is the possibility that presidential electors might change the outcome of an election as decided by the general electorate in November by breaking their pledges and voting faithlessly. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 11:11 am
In this case, the electors relied on the "expectations" of the Framers, with respect to the Electoral College. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 10:43 am
Instead, they are choosing members of the Electoral College, who are appointed by each state based on the outcome of the vote there and then choose the president when the Electoral College meets in December. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 10:14 am
" The ruling means that states can continue to impose fines on individuals appointed to vote in the Electoral College... [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 10:04 am
Washington, the Supreme Court held that states may punish "faithless electors," members of the Electoral College who fail to vote as they pledged. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 8:24 am
On the other hand, for those who hate the Electoral College and have felt bad about the seeming impossibility of amending the Constitution to change it, the crazy chaos of constitutionally empowered electors could be horrible enough to push the states to ratify an abolition of the Electoral College. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 7:25 am
I anticipate more states will enact statutes doing so just in the years ahead.This post has been updated.Related reading:No, the Electoral College will not give the presidency to Hillary Clinton, Nov. 13, 2016New effort (doomed to fail) calls for presidential electors to collectively exercise independent judgment, Dec. 6, 2016The Electoral College won’t stop Trump—but it may change how political parties pick electors in 2020, Dec. 11,… [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 10:43 pm
Indeed, think how a presidential election works—one isn’t casting votes for the president, but for a slate of electors who’ll cast votes for that candidate when the Electoral College meets. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 10:20 am
Gore (2000), the Court emphasized the importance of a definitive resolution so that the Electoral College could meet on schedule. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm
Indeed, in a Friend-of-the-Court brief submitted in the Fisher case, then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris weighed in—urging the Supreme Court to “reaffirm its decision that public colleges and universities may consider race as one factor in admissions decisions”—precisely because of the possibility that California would rescind Proposition 209, a prospect that today seems likely.Of course, even if Prop 209 is done away with, not every admissions plan using… [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 1:03 pm
So some have proposed interesting alternatives: give the votes to the winner of the Electoral College, or the winner of the national popular vote (if there’s such a thing). [read post]
28 Jun 2020, 9:00 pm
Hindsight is 20-20, of course, but it seems that more could have been made of the need for Congress to consider the need for additional legislation in the areas of governmental ethics and foreign electoral interference given the record of President Trump in these areas.Finally, again with the benefit of hindsight, it seems that a number of the justices were looking for Letter to make a concession that would acknowledge the reasonableness of their concerns about harassment. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 2:06 pm
Another provision provides for the expedited consideration of a bill repealing the 23rd Amendment, which allows DC to appoint members of the electoral college. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm
These changes have been disorienting, but definitely in a good way.I have spent the last four years (even before Donald Trump eked out victories in a few key states to ride the Electoral College into office) warning that Trump’s rise represents an existential threat to our republic. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm
Is the narrative finally turning against Donald Trump? [read post]
