“The Real Vote Suppression Threat; The Supreme Court weighs whether Electoral College electors can vote their preference for president rather than the choice of their state.”
Linda Greenhouse NYT column.
Category Archives: electoral college
Lessig on the Faithless Electors Case: “What Rick Hasen is Missing”
Larry at Medium:
It is so rare to be able to write such a headline. But when it is true, given the rightful importance that the Dean of Election Law’s opinion has to so many, it is an important headline… Continue reading
MONDAY: Important Virtual Conference at Ohio State: “What If the 2020 Presidential Election is Disputed?: An Expert Roundtable Discussion May 4, 2020 | 11:00 am – 4:30 pm”
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This is a very important conversation Monday:
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Pull up a (virtual) seat as a panel of nationally recognized legal scholars, political scientists, and experts in election administration, Electoral College procedures, and presidential succession grapples with the… Continue reading
“Is there room for third parties? Justin Amash and why he matters”
The latest podcast from Franita and Foley.
SCOTUSBlog Running Symposium on Faithless Electors Cases at Supreme Court
You can find it here (Derek Muller and David Post have first two entries.)
“Faithless or Faithful Electors? An Analogy to Disobedient but Conscientious Jurors”
Jeffrey Abramson has written this article for the Emory Law Journal Online.
“The Myth of National Popular Vote Presidential Elections and the Reality of Elector Unit Rule Voting”
William Josephson has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Myth of National Popular Vote Presidential Elections and the Reality of Elector Unit Rule Voting discusses in unprecedented depth if the proposed National Popular Vote Interstate Compact… Continue reading
April 15 Webinar: “A Discussion on the Electoral College with Ned Foley and Jesse Wegman”
This should be good:
Join us for a lively and timely discussion about the Electoral College –its contentious history, shortcomings, and potential reform –with Ned Foley, Director of Election Law at OSU’s Moritz College of Law, and Jesse Wegman, … Continue reading
Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Argument in Faithless Electors Cases Telephonically in May
Order. And it appears that the oral argument will be livestreamed. This means we should have an opinion by the end of June unless the Court extends the term.
Sean Parnell on State Legislators’ Power to Set the Rules for Choosing Presidential Electors
Sean’s post is about limits on state legislative power in relation to NPV, but the issue goes well beyond that in this period of crisis.
“The Constitutional Case for State Power to Eliminate Faithless Electors”
Tyler Creighton in the Boston University Law Review.
“Why We Should Abolish the Electoral College”
Josh Chafetz reviews Jesse Wegman’s new book, Let the People Pick the President.
“Sotomayor recuses from one of two Supreme Court cases with consequences for electoral college”
WaPo:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor will not participate in one of the two cases the Supreme Court will hear in April to decide whether the Constitution forbids states from dictating how members of the electoral college cast their votes for… Continue reading
“The Framers’ Inadvertent Gift: The Electoral College and the Constitutional Infirmities of the National Popular Vote Compact”
Michael Morley has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Harvard Law and Policy Review). Here is the abstract:
The National Popular Vote Compact requires member states to appoint presidential electors based on the outcome of the national popular vote in… Continue reading