Christopher Suprun NYT oped:
I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States. Since the election, people have asked me to change my vote based on policy… Continue reading
More pie-in-the-sky from Lessig.
If one were serious about pushing this argument, the time to advance it is not to try to change the outcome of an election already conducted.
So go ahead Larry, and try to get this resolved… Continue reading
Release:
Hillary Clinton has so far earned a historic 2.5 million more popular votes than Donald Trump, yet Mr. Trump won more Electoral College votes and the presidency. According to press reports, several members of the Electoral College are trying… Continue reading
Mike Parsons blogs at Modern Democracy:
Professors Lawrence Lessig and Rick Hasen–two titans of the political law world–recently got into a public debate over the legitimacy of presidential electors voting in a way different from how their votes were… Continue reading
WaPo oped.
I find the argument troubling on two levels. First, the electors in the electoral college are not chosen to exercise judgment but to translate the will of the people in each state. If we had a system where… Continue reading