How our presidential election system works
When Americans go to the polls in November presidential elections, they don’t cast ballots for the president and vice president directly. They chose among slates of presidential electors pledged to different candidates. These electors, in turn, vote the following...
Nullification Was the Real Midterm Winner, Underscoring the Power of Issue-Based Activism
As I pick through the rubble on another post-election Wednesday, I can’t quite figure out who the real winners and losers were in D.C. The Democrats took the U.S. House, but the Republicans managed to strengthen their hold on to the Senate. The Blue Wave was...
Presidential Elector Discretion: The Originalist Evidence
This post first appeared at The Originalism Blog, in first and second installments. Colorado went Democrat in the 2016 presidential election. But three of Colorado’s Democratic presidential electors wanted to vote for someone other than Hillary Clinton. Two eventually...