The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Sound scary? That's the constitution.

'Faithless elector': Supreme Court will hear case that could change how presidents are chosen

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up an issue that could change a key element of the system America uses to elect its president, with a decision likely in the spring just as the campaign heats up.

The answer to the question could be a decisive one: Are the electors who cast the actual Electoral College ballots for president and vice president required to follow the results of the popular vote in their states? 

Or are they free to vote as they wish?

If the Electors being utterly free scares you to death it probably would scare the whole country to death and move most people to support a constitutional amendment to abolish it.

Because if these guys are painfully honest about the constitution that's what they'll say.

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