The states countervailing the Constitutional requirement for an Electoral College are entering into a “compact”, which is prohibited by the US Constitution.
Article 1, Section 10, US Constitution
“No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any
Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of
Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another
State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless
actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not
admit of delay.”
> The states countervailing the Constitutional requirement for an Electoral College are entering into a “compact”, which is prohibited by the US Constitution. <
That’s a good point. But there’s an easy way around it. The Constitution gives the states wide latitude on how they assign their electoral votes. So all a state need do is assign their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, period. No need to get any other state involved.
Would that pass constitutional muster? I think so. Because that state’s voters will still have a say. Their votes are still counted towards the national popular vote total.
Nevertheless, if you are a smaller state, it’s an incredibly dumb move. Might as well stay at home and let New York and California pick the president.
You think they care? Liberals hate the constitution. To them it is a “living” document that can change whenever a federal judge says so.
That’s right. Right now, including MN, they’d have 15 states’ Senators to vote for the monstrosity. Given the filibuster, they’d probably need 60 Senators to vote for the compact. Then it would go to President Trump, who’d veto it. If, OTOH, President Trump loses in 2020 and the DemonShits get a filibuster proof Senate, this could pass, leaving it all up to SCOTUS, with the ever-reliable Roberts (sarc.) the swing vote. IOW it’s not that far away from passing unless we win in 2020. The 2020 election is as vital as 2016 was.