A worthy cause, indeed. But there is a serious question of how such a compact would be treated by the judiciary. I am not confident the U.S. Supreme Court would uphold it in the face of challenge. When and if the compact is ever adapted by a sufficient number of states AND someone "wins" by virtue of the compact, while losing in the electoral college, when considered without the compact, chaos would surely follow, both in the courts and the streets, dwarfing January 6, 2021. Given the short time, judicially speaking, between the November election and inauguration, the litigation would not proceed in due course but inevitably result in a rushed, politically expedient decision of the U.S. Supreme Court along the lines of Bush v. Gore. I don't think the undemocratic features of the U.S. Constitution can be resolved through shortcuts. SR
> On 10/03/2024 9:21 AM PDT David Walters via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is no movement to repeal and change those section of the Constitution > that establishes the Electoral College as the means of choosing the > President. There IS however a very strong movement called National Popular > Vote Interstate Compact. As part of the Constitution amended a few times, is > that the States decide how to divide up their EC delegation to Washington in > December after the election. Using this fact about the Constitution, the > States can decide that who ever wins the National popular vote, that their EC > delegates be pledged to support the winner of this national popular vote. For > this to work, states comprising delegations up to 270 EC votes have to do > this. Right now there are states with 205 EC delegates have signed on. > > _._,_._,_ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32692): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32692 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108801645/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
