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9 Sep 2008, 11:23 am
Alan Gilbert, who teaches political theory at Denver, has asked me to post the following comment on "constitutional dictatorship":I agree with the constitutional dictatorship point - there are emergencies - and the thoughts that it would be wiser to have no electoral college and knowledge of potential secretaries (at least the main ones) before electing a president (though this means "vetting" all of them which is an obstacle). [read post]
29 Mar 2020, 1:01 am
” As “Real Clear Politics” explains, in 1978, a new amendment was approved by Congress to repeal the 23rd Amendment and replace it with a provision that would grant full voting rights to the District of Columbia, with representation in Congress as well as the Electoral College. [read post]
7 Jan 2021, 8:07 am
Even if you accept any of the not-completely-crazy theories I've seen of how the election was "stolen," at best that gets Trump to a narrow victory in the Electoral College. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 4:26 am
"-- Austin Sarat, Amherst College"The author's notion of an extended judicial community of judges, academic lawyers, and cause lawyers is a major move forward in the `new institutionalism' in the study of law and courts. [read post]
8 Jun 2020, 3:55 am
At The Hill, John Kruzel and Harper Neidig report that “[t]he Supreme Court is expected to hand down several blockbuster opinions in the next few weeks as one of the most politically volatile terms in recent memory draws to a close,” including in “fights over abortion, Electoral College procedures, LGBT rights in the workplace, the deportation status of nearly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants and the fate of President Trump‘s tax returns. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 4:22 pm
Ifill in a piece for The Root blasted the Republican Party’s “war on voting,” likening it to the efforts employed by pre-civil rights-era Southern states “to manipulate the voting strength of the electorate. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 9:22 am
Then, one Sunday I called her about something else, and she said, "How did you like that Electoral College decision? [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 7:00 am
Obama won among Catholics, 54% to 45%, made gains among regular churchgoers and eroded a bit of the evangelical support that has been a fixture of Republican electoral success for years, exit polls showed. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 5:37 am
The other is Section Two of the Fourteenth Amendment, which provided that states could bar African-American men from voting if they were willing to have fewer members of the House of Representatives and fewer votes in the Electoral College. [read post]
7 Jan 2022, 11:46 am
”The president’s address began a commemoration that, instead of showcasing American unity against threats to democracy, only underscored just how riven the country remains a year after rioters armed with hockey sticks, baseball bats, crutches, flagpoles, fire extinguishers, bear spray and stolen police batons broke into the Capitol to disrupt the counting of the Electoral College votes ratifying Mr. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 7:33 am
Anselm College, by a comment made by the debate moderator, ABC News' Charlie Gibson. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 5:24 am
Here is the abstract:The theme of this paper is analysis of possible causes of different outcomes in two constitutional conventions - the American federal convention held in Philadelphia in 1787 and the Convention on the future of Europe held in Brussels in 2002 - 2003 - regarding the conflict between the large and small states, which was central in both conventions.This conflict was relevant in Philadelphia in the resolution of issues concerning the representation and voting power of… [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 3:07 pm
This may not apply to cardinals, but those assisting with the conclave must take the following oath: “I ... promise and swear that, unless I should receive a special faculty given expressly by the newly-elected Pontiff or by his successors, I will observe absolute and perpetual secrecy with all who are not part of the College of Cardinal electors concerning all matters directly or indirectly related to the ballots cast and their scrutiny for the election of the… [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 8:46 am
The affidavit establishes evidence that the five individuals conspired “to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding before Congress, that is, the certification of the Electoral College” and to “interfere with a law enforcement officer during the commission of a civil disorder. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 10:45 am
That this occurs on the day after the inauguration of the most disliked president-elect in the nation's history-- a man who lost the popular election by 2.8 million votes but won the presidency through the antiquated mechanism of an unrepresentative electoral college that was established to assist slaveholding states and operates today to deny the vote to anyone who voted for his opponent in states that award the entire state pot of votes to a person who may have won by a… [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 9:47 am
All I want is for some candidate to say that at least one single aspect of the Constitution--it would seem easiest to start with the electoral college and its incentive to engage in pander-politics directed at the "battleground states," plus its demonstrated proclivity for putting people in the White House without demonstrated majority support of the country (see, e.g., the elections of 1968 and 1992)--might have something to do with the present situation. [read post]
23 May 2017, 2:32 pm
(I’m not just talking about the electoral college, but also the provisions for election by the House and the Senate, both in the original Constitution and under the 12th Amendment.) [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 9:54 am
By the numbers: In general election match ups of the three largest and most important swing states in the Electoral College, the survey finds. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 9:40 am
Toobin implies that the Bush administration forcing that to happen with the Military Commissions Act at the moment of the fall midterm elections was a sort of cheap electoral advantage - no doubt it was entirely calculated. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 8:30 am
These chapters demonstrate a keen political mind, powered by a sharp eye of the electorate. [read post]
