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LA Times Editorial: Electoral College Is Unconstitutional And Should Be Banned
dailycaller.com ^ | 12/16/16 | Blake Neff

Posted on 12/17/2016 8:57:48 AM PST by ColdOne

The Los Angeles Times has published an editorial arguing that the Electoral College shouldn’t be allowed to choose the next U.S. president, on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.

Needless to say, Kenneth Jost’s argument is a very bold one, since the Constitution explicitly creates the Electoral College and describes how it works; the system was even refined with the 12th Amendment. But Jost, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, says that’s no barrier to having the Supreme Court abolish the Electoral College by fiat.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: calexit; delusional; electoralcollege; fakenews; kennethjost; liberalagenda; losangelesslimes; realpropaganda
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1 posted on 12/17/2016 8:57:48 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Go to h311, LA Times.


2 posted on 12/17/2016 8:59:07 AM PST by madison10 (Pray continuously for Trump/Pence)
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To: ColdOne

If Hillary had won no such commentary would of been made by the LA Slimes. Enough of the sore losing already.


3 posted on 12/17/2016 8:59:41 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: ColdOne

Hmm, since it has been in the Constitution from the beginning, I would say it has proven to be Constitutional. Stupid editorial board, but since it is from the LA Times, that does not surprise me in the least.


4 posted on 12/17/2016 8:59:42 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: ColdOne

And the masks contunue to slip....

The far-left has become unhinged enough to reveal that they are enemies of the Constitution and the Republic.


5 posted on 12/17/2016 9:00:12 AM PST by WMarshal ( Schadenfreude, it feels so good!)
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To: ColdOne

Part of the Constitution cannot be unconstitutional by definition.


6 posted on 12/17/2016 9:00:13 AM PST by theoilpainter
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To: ColdOne

Try it, Obamaholes.


7 posted on 12/17/2016 9:00:32 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: ColdOne

See how important the SC justices are, will be.


8 posted on 12/17/2016 9:00:41 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: ColdOne

The Electoral College is unconstitutional, eh? Amazing that no one realized that until Hillary lost.


9 posted on 12/17/2016 9:00:56 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: ColdOne

The only reason people like him are still alive is because breathing and heart pumping are automatic. If it wasn’t they’d be too stupid to do it themselves.


10 posted on 12/17/2016 9:01:21 AM PST by SkyDancer
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To: ColdOne

But passing out state and city funds to anyone who “seems poor” with no questions asked as to their immigration status is constitutional??


11 posted on 12/17/2016 9:01:32 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: ColdOne
The states would never have never have ratified the Constitution without it.

No judge has the power to abolish it by fiat. Article VI forbids it.

-PJ

12 posted on 12/17/2016 9:01:38 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: ColdOne

Right California. The rest of the country voted for Trump, sucks to be you, so just STFU and live with the system that has worked for 240 years.


13 posted on 12/17/2016 9:01:55 AM PST by Navin Johnson
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To: ColdOne

What’s chilling, is that this clown actually TEACHES law school courses.


14 posted on 12/17/2016 9:01:56 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: ColdOne

So, these moonbats in La La Land think THEY know BETTER than the Founding Fathers?

Yes, let’s have a bunch of moonbats and illegal aliens in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and a handful of other major cities choose the president. Not.


15 posted on 12/17/2016 9:01:59 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (November 8, 2016..... Donald Trump schlongs Hillary Clinton. 306 Electoral Votes)
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To: ColdOne

fake news.


16 posted on 12/17/2016 9:02:07 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: ColdOne

For a moment I read that as “The LA Times is unconstitutional and should be banned.” I like that version.


17 posted on 12/17/2016 9:02:15 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 16 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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He’s right. The Constitution is no fire-wall if 5 on SCOTUS making a ruling on whatever.


18 posted on 12/17/2016 9:02:25 AM PST by AU72
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To: ColdOne

Insane!


19 posted on 12/17/2016 9:02:27 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN
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To: ColdOne

I guess that this clown professor never took a class in Constitutional Law...


20 posted on 12/17/2016 9:02:39 AM PST by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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