As reported earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a case on whether presidential electors are free to vote for any qualified candidate when they cast a vote in December in the electoral college. Here is an interesting news story about Michael Baca, the Colorado Democratic Party elector from 2016 who was “fired” as an elector by the Secretary of State, right at the meeting in December of the Colorado electors. He won his case in the Tenth Circuit, which said that the constitution does not permit states to behave in that manner.
Tara Ross, a prominent supporter of the Electoral College, e-mailed me today that she supports Michael Baca’s lawsuit and hopes that he wins in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Michael Baca was only 24 years old when he was a presidential elector in 2016.
From the scuttlebutt I’ve read, I think it’s likely SCOTUS is going to rule in Baca’s favor.
I think the EC is a crock of shit and of course unfavorable to third parties (that said, the Founders were lying to themselves about preventing parties, which go back to the Blues and Greens of Byzantine chariot times, or the optimates and populares of late Republican Rome). But, the Constitution is what it is, and these popular vote “compact” drives need to face reality.
How many of the 11-27 amdts are ELECTION RELATED ???
THE CRISIS IS N-O-W.
UNEQUAL BALLOT ACCESS SCHEMES.
UNEQUAL ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER SCHEMES.
LOTS OF LAWLESS WANNABEE MONARCH TYRANTS.
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TOTSOP