Let’s vow to make this the very last election under our anti-democratic Electoral College. After what we are going to witness in the coming months, there is going to be renewed demands to rid ourselves of this anti-democratic anomaly in order to save American democracy. Barton Gellman in a lengthy analysis explains at The Atlantic how … Read more
Last week, in-person early voting began in several states, including Virginia (above). Long lines of voters motivated to vote early formed, even before the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. Already, Donald Trump’s MAGA red caps, his version of Italian “black shirts” and German “brown shirts” fascist militias, whom he has encouraged to … Read more
Most Americans probably thought this was already a long-decided issue from their grade school civics classes, but there is always someone out there seeking to overturn or reinterpret norms and accepted law under the Constitution. Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern reports on today’s Supreme Court decision of note. The Supreme Court Declined An Invitation … Read more
Imagine an alternate reality where there was no Electoral College and Hillary Clinton won the Presidential Election in 2016. Fast forward to 2020 and the first stirrings of a new virus in China are making their way to the Pandemic Team on Clinton’s National Security Council. What would a Hillary Clinton Presidency have done? Probably … Read more
E.J. Montini of The Republic has a column today praising the Nevada state legislature for passing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. He is under the impression that Nevada has become the 15th state to join it. Electoral College will go the way of Trump University. I hate to break it to you, Mr. Montini, but … Read more