2016 Postmortem

sarisataka

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10. Please someone actually read

Reply to The Sushi Bandit (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 12:54 PM

Dec 2016

The Constitution.

The Electoral College is not unconstitutional because it is in the Constitution. The 14th Amendment will not apply because the people do not have the right to vote for the electors in the Constitution. The allocation of electors is clearly designated to the states.

The popular election is an amalgamation of the laws of 50 different states. Constitutionally there is no requirement to allow the people to vote for President. The argument that if one state allows their people to vote all must do the same also fails. If that were the case then every state would have to have absolutely identical laws, equal tax rates, equal speed limits Etc to ensure equal protection.

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Hillary Clinton could have legal right to challenge electoral college system [View all] The Sushi Bandit Dec 2016 OP

The electoral college is part of the Constitution, it is by definition Constitutional Amishman Dec 2016 #1

Other parts of the Constitution can override the Electoral College. Equal justice. Coyotl Dec 2016 #4

Presumably the argument is that the Electoral College violates the Equal Protection Clause Jim Lane Dec 2016 #5

Maine and Nebraska HassleCat Dec 2016 #2

you are conflating assigning EV's per congressional district with actual proportional representation Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #7

That's the way it is now. HassleCat Dec 2016 #9

K&R red dog 1 Dec 2016 #3

Maybe she could, but she won't. I'd just about stake my life on it. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #6

She's not even challenging the Michigan vote totals, which by accounts reported had a huge amount... dmosh42 Dec 2016 #8

Please someone actually read sarisataka Dec 2016 #10