Would-be constitutional experts who have lately begun to rhapsodize about the wisdom of the Electoral College are damaging the cause of constitutionalism and sane electoral reform and ought to quit it. My attempts to push back against the flood of sentimental Electoral College twaddle have made some people on the left so angry that they’ve actually complained to my employers. So eager are they to believe that clapping their hands will keep Tinker Bell alive that contrary voices must be silenced.
It’s the same thing with claims to demand the Stein recounts (which almost certainly wouldn’t have uncovered any tampering even if any occurred) as well as lawsuits to require the electoral college to vote for Clinton, or on some proportional basis.
These are distractions from the real issues going forward.