The Supremes today cancelled the freedom of the electors to save the republic from the idiocy of the voters by cancelling their authority to actually choose the president.
On the other hand, affirming their authority to make their own choice would invite far more widespread faithlessness motivated and inspired by shocking new levels of skulduggery and corruption.
Most of the time, the rules of the states lead to results that mirror the popular vote nationally.
Admitting the freedom of the electors could lead to results that far more often defy the national popular vote.
So this utterly dishonest decision is more than welcome.
Supreme Court rules 'faithless electors' can't go rogue at Electoral College
They affirm that state constraints on the votes of electors are constitutionally OK and can be enforced, though where they don't exist the electors are free to vote as they choose.
Nor does it seem they pronounced the faithless votes of faithless electors invalid.
They regard the electors as mere agents who must do as they are told. If they are told.
The 538 people who cast the actual votes for president in December as part of the Electoral College are not free agents and must vote as the laws of their states direct, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
"Because it would be stupid" is not a reason to disbelieve that the constitution says or does something.
Nor is it a good reason to disbelieve the constitution does not say or do something.
But it's a good, if contestable, reason to say that the constitution says or does something, or that it does not.
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