Supreme Court Has Agreed To Address A Challenge To The Electoral College

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The Supreme Court Has Agreed To Address A Challenge To The Electoral College​

https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...ess_a_challenge_to_the_electoral_college.html
18 Jan 2020 ~ By Andrea Widburg
In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. Donald Trump, however, won the Electoral College by focusing on all states, not just the most populous ones. Since then, Democrats have been bent on destroying the Electoral College by any means short of a constitutional amendment. The Supreme Court has now agreed to take up one of Democrats' attacks on the Electoral College. The Founders created the Electoral College via Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 in the Constitution. Its purpose reflects the fact that America is not a direct democracy but is, instead, a representative democracy. The Electoral College is one of the many layers the Founders put between the government and the possible madness of the mob. Before the 17th Amendment, senators were originally meant to be elected by state legislatures, putting them at a remove from voters. The president nominates judges, and the Senate votes on them. Only representatives come to D.C. via direct democracy — and the Senate tempers their initiatives (including impeachment), again protecting against voters' passions of the moment. In addition to blocking mob rule, the Electoral College has another, extremely important, perhaps even more important, purpose: it ensures that presidents cannot campaign only in large population centers, pandering to the preferences of those centers, while ignoring the rest of the United States.
But if given a legal green light, there's no telling how much damage could be done to the stability of the nation if the electoral counts is close and bullying a small number of electors to go faithless swings the Electoral College to Democrats.
It's true that the Founders also wanted to protect against mob passions, but one has to ask: in 2016, was the mob the people who politely voted for a candidate who was consistent with American norms before 2008, or was the mob the people who took to the street after the election, threatening to destroy American institutions if their demands were not met? Moreover, would the Founders side with the existential screamers if that meant erasing the voters of most American states? Ultimately, those Leftists who want to destroy the Electoral College still can, but they must do so via the constitutional amendment process.


Comment:
How many here are willing to bet the Constitutionally-illiterates Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, are going to vote against the Electoral College?
Considering the fact that they stop counting ballots when the electoral majority is decided in each State, it is not really factual that Hillary "won" the popular vote. There is also the illegal votes, estimated to be from 2 million to 4 million in California alone. Notwithstanding that we are a representative REPUBLIC, not a Democracy.
If Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Leftist Democrats succeed in destroying the Electoral College they will have destroyed this Constitutional Republic.

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If Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Leftist Democrats succeed in destroying the Electoral College they will have destroyed this Constitutional Republic.

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Doc91478 said:

The Supreme Court Has Agreed To Address A Challenge To The Electoral College​

https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...ess_a_challenge_to_the_electoral_college.html
18 Jan 2020 ~ By Andrea Widburg
In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. Donald Trump, however, won the Electoral College by focusing on all states, not just the most populous ones. Since then, Democrats have been bent on destroying the Electoral College by any means short of a constitutional amendment. The Supreme Court has now agreed to take up one of Democrats' attacks on the Electoral College. The Founders created the Electoral College via Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 in the Constitution. Its purpose reflects the fact that America is not a direct democracy but is, instead, a representative democracy. The Electoral College is one of the many layers the Founders put between the government and the possible madness of the mob. Before the 17th Amendment, senators were originally meant to be elected by state legislatures, putting them at a remove from voters. The president nominates judges, and the Senate votes on them. Only representatives come to D.C. via direct democracy — and the Senate tempers their initiatives (including impeachment), again protecting against voters' passions of the moment. In addition to blocking mob rule, the Electoral College has another, extremely important, perhaps even more important, purpose: it ensures that presidents cannot campaign only in large population centers, pandering to the preferences of those centers, while ignoring the rest of the United States.
But if given a legal green light, there's no telling how much damage could be done to the stability of the nation if the electoral counts is close and bullying a small number of electors to go faithless swings the Electoral College to Democrats.
It's true that the Founders also wanted to protect against mob passions, but one has to ask: in 2016, was the mob the people who politely voted for a candidate who was consistent with American norms before 2008, or was the mob the people who took to the street after the election, threatening to destroy American institutions if their demands were not met? Moreover, would the Founders side with the existential screamers if that meant erasing the voters of most American states? Ultimately, those Leftists who want to destroy the Electoral College still can, but they must do so via the constitutional amendment process.


Comment:
How many here are willing to bet the Constitutionally-illiterates Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, are going to vote against the Electoral College?
Considering the fact that they stop counting ballots when the electoral majority is decided in each State, it is not really factual that Hillary "won" the popular vote. There is also the illegal votes, estimated to be from 2 million to 4 million in California alone. Notwithstanding that we are a representative REPUBLIC, not a Democracy.
If Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Leftist Democrats succeed in destroying the Electoral College they will have destroyed this Constitutional Republic.

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narrowroad said:

I agree. And no one can tell us that some of the Justices, maybe all, are not partisan

It should probably be put to a vote of the people..

I don't know.. makes me nervous when 9 people are deciding something as big as this......

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