The proper manner. Chris we will talk with republican senator mitt romney, who says the president is inflaming dangerous passions. Plus Congressional Democrats have a disappointing night, failing to mount a blue wave in the senate and now holding a thin majority in the house. We did not win every battle in the house, but we did win the war. Chris we will ask our sunday panel about the new balance of power in washington. And our power player of the week, a fascinating look at the u. S. Army through the eyes of its heroes. All right now on fox news sunday. Chris and hello again from fox news in washington. Here are the headlines this busy sunday. Joe biden is now projected to win at least 290 electoral votes, more than enough to become the nations 46th president. In a tight race against donald trump, who is challenging the results in a broad legal offensive claiming fraud and voting irregularities. The president , yet to concede but the Biden Transition Team already hard at work. In a mo
Thank you to the Federalist Society for hosting this debate at its annual faculty conference. Im delighted to be here with two distinguished scholars to moderate this debate on the question should the Electoral College be as you are aware, the constitution establishes an Electoral College for choosing the president meeting in their respective states, the electors vote by ballot for the president and Vice President. Alexander hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College will provide a practicable obstacle 2 intrigue and corruption, he said that it would impose capable discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Hamilton thought the system best designed to vent, and disorder. As we head into the 2020 president ial election, debates about the Electoral College once again emerge over the desired voting of our constitutions method. This debate is an important one about our republic and about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of ci
Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu
14. 270 wouldtwo to 17 be declared the winner. We are still waiting for results from alaska and pennsylvania. Professors the bait whether to keep or eliminate the Electoral College. This runs 1. 5 hours. Thank you. Thanks so much, anthony, and thank you to the Federalist Society for hosting this debate at its annual faculty conference. Thank you. Thanks so much, anthony, and thank you to the Federalist Society for hosting this debate at its annual faculty conference. I im delighted to be here with two distinguished scholars to moderate this debate on the question should the Electoral College be as you are aware, the constitution establishes an Electoral College for choosing the president meeting in their respective states, the electors vote by ballot for the president and Vice President. Federalist 68 that the Electoral College will provide a practicable obstacle 2 intrigue and corruption, he said that it would impose capable discernment for deliberation over the selection of the presi
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