faithless electors

A defense of the Electoral College 0
- April 5, 2020
“… when Hamilton stated . . . that he believed electors would use “information and discernment,” that is not very good evidence that future electors did in fact use information and discernment. But it is quite good evidence that Hamilton and his readers believed the Constitution empowered electors to do so.”
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Video: Rob Natelson and Jon Caldara discuss “Nat’l Popular Vote” & protecting the Electoral College’s integrity 0
- March 22, 2020
Rob explains why II submitted a Supreme Court brief to protect presidential elector discretion and why the National Popular Vote Compact is a terrible idea
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Two new briefs in the Supreme Court’s Electoral College case 0
- March 6, 2020
[The integrity of presidential electors] has taken on great urgency as “progressive” state legislatures increasingly meddle with free elections.
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Independence Institute helps win court ruling protecting presidential electors 0
- August 26, 2019
The framers modeled the Electoral College on indirect election systems then prevailing in Scotland and Maryland, in which elector discretion was pivotal.
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