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Why the Electoral College?
October 24, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
The Electoral College is under attack because it matters. Presidential elections determine who will direct federal agencies and appoint judges, but the process also shapes the rest of American politi…
Read More →The Electoral College and the Twelfth Amendment Tweak
October 22, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
In American history, there been just one consensus candidate for president. George Washington, the “father of his country” and the “indispensable man,” was chosen in the first two presidential electi…
Read More →Electoral College Doesn’t Cause Candidates to Ignore National Issues
October 16, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
We’re rapidly approaching election day, so it seems like good time to check a claim made by lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). Does it hold up to reality? The claim is …
Read More →How the United States got an Electoral College
October 14, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
Before the Constitution, the United States had a simple legislature with just one chamber. All the national legislative, executive, and judicial powers were in the hands of that Congress. It was gove…
Read More →Elie Mystal Fails Civics
October 11, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
The Nation is an old, storied magazine that has drifted so far left that it thinks Kamala Harris is too conservative. So when one of its columnists, Elie Mystal, penned a piece entitled “A Lesson in …
Read More →Introducing “Electoral College 101”
September 26, 2024 by Staff in Electoral College
When do presidential electors cast their state’s electoral votes? And who are these people? You can find answers to questions like that at ElectoralCollege101.com, a new educational website from Save…
Read More →Judge explains constitutional flaws in NPV compact
September 25, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
The debate over the Electoral College calls for “careful, conscientious, statesmanlike, and non-partisan consideration,” said former Michigan Chief Justice Stephen Markman in remarks for Save Our Sta…
Read More →How California could control the NPV compact
September 20, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
California already has more electoral votes than any other state, due to the size of its population. And it’s no secret that California would get far more power from the National Popular Vote interst…
Read More →Child Voting: A National Popular Vote Power Move
September 13, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
My colleague Trent England recently explained how, if the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) were in effect, California could nullify the popular vote totals of small states simply by all…
Read More →Academic freedom in China and beyond
September 11, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Foreign Threats
I recently wrote about the threat to academic freedom posed by Confucius Institutes at American colleges and universities. For a fuller understanding, it’s worth knowing just how little freedom Chine…
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