Thank you. Thanks so much, anthony, and 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
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
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
It is also better from an equal protection perspective. He said there is nothing not democratic about the system. The Supreme Court has expressly said that a winner take all system like this, which basically resolves the allocation of delegates at an 1963im level, like in footnote 12, the court expressly which is that system, basically Electoral College at the state level, is a system for counting the votes of the minority for the purpose of discarding those votes. Whathat was a violation of equality would require. This alternative would eliminate that problem. Givethis would do is everybody more power relative to the current stump which gives power to the Supreme Court instead. In the end the only argument we are going to have each are that my alternative would biased in favor of the small states, whereas the current alternative bias is in favor of the big states. I can tell you many on the right would be surprised because many on the right think the Current System bias is in favor of