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
Thank you to the federal society for hosting this debate at. Im delighted to be here for the question, should the Electoral College be abrogated . Electoral college choosing a president. In their respective states electors choose wedding for president and Vice President. Electoral college would provide Vice President Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College would provide a practicable obstacle to cabal intrigue and corruption. He said that it would interpose capable men of discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Moreover, hamilton thought the system best designed to prevent tumult and disorder. Debates about the Electoral College once again emerged over the desirability of our constitutions method for selecting the president. So this debate is an important one about our republic. And about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of principle. What are the values to be promoted in a democratic republic . In a feder
Watching all of that happened allan. Huge huge news here which it seems is not being accepted by the trunk campaign. Thats right were just in a statement from trump in the last couple of minutes remember hes currently playing golf with his golf course everett jr spend a lot of time in the golf course during his time in office even though before he was elected he said he would never have time to visit his properties because hed be too busy working for the American People and they had been some pressure on him to be seen doing something president ial to send a message to the country that even though there were recounts in a number of states are slowly coming to going on in a number of states that it was still business as usual but he decided to take advantage of this glorious saturday in november and head off to the golf course certainly he says that from monday his campaign will start to prosecute the legal case in a number of courts. But speaking to all the experts it seems that this r
Both sides involved in a very hot contest. This morning as we are counting. The ballot said that have already been cast, but the voting is far from done i the countdown thats going to be the herculean feat for a number of states as they try and get these numbers out as. Quickly as they can. But they do have their own legal processes that vary from state to state but yeah interesting and it was 2 different stories last night when we heard President Trump prematurely say that he had one. The battleground states and joe biden saying patients because as we said james, there are still. Our least hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to count. These are not new votes. These are not ballots that have just been found. But they were cast in many cases months ago, yeah, thats right. These were the early polls. Counts the mail in ballots that for some states had to wait until day of ballots were counted before they could then be process which is why its no surprise that for some states were still
Earlier today, senator and democratic Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris held a Campaign Rally with voters and supporters in reno, divided. She spoke for hat reno, nevada. Shee for half an hour spoke for half an hour. Sen. Harris good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us at the amphitheater. My name is don paul and i and student body president at the university of reno. Representing the associated students of the university of nevada. I am a senior at the university studying journalism with hopes of attending law school next fall. With a week until election day, i want to emphasize how important it is to allow your voices to be heard. Our nation in this year alone is facing a Global Health pandemic, economic downfall, systemic racism and a climate crisis. It is imperative wed elect a leader who will provide a strong, steady leadership to unite our country and deliver positive and meaningful result. As a low income, black young woman from the bay area, being a firsttime