Look, I don't support Trump. But, the EC helps give smaller states the same voice as the big states.pic.twitter.com/LLtQOGafmc
“winner take all” is not in the constitution: the vote if electoral votes were allocated proportionally.pic.twitter.com/c7iqsMq9p7
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If the EC is abolished, only the big states will be deciding our elections.
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one person, one vote.
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Did you even bother to read the tweets?
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yes. you seem to think that democracy is about states. it’s not. it’s about people. 1 person, one vote.
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California, Texas, and Florida would deciding our elections. All three heavily outweigh your state's voice in that scenario.
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THE PEOPLE of CA, TX, FL, and NY would be voting; their politics cancel each other out. but regardless - 1 PERSON, 1 VOTE.
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@StephenPAdams You can't change the rules after the game. Understand? -
agreed. And the rules include an electoral college —http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/12/09/states-cant-stop-electors-from-voting-their-conscience/ …
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But is not a state decision? And if the most states choices keep winner-take-all?
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so too was districting a “state decision” until Baker v. Carr said: “one person, one vote.”
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@sacca Chris I struggle with an intelligent guy like you tweeting this stuff! There was a game with rules. Trump won. Fight better -
Did the rules include an electoral college? Or not?http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/12/09/states-cant-stop-electors-from-voting-their-conscience/ …
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Prof. Lessig, how could Electoral College react 2 Russia news? Is there quorum requirement? Could some demand delay 4 investigation?
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@hahriehan Based on which allocation rule? Hare? Droop? -
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So, even in this case, hardly a mandate.
@lessig But that's not how it is, so we can let it go & get some work done. -
Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. No path is too scurrilous to stop Trump.
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Haha.
@singleentente@lessig@Khanoisseur How apt of you to quote Goldwater defending his racism to promote a racist Goldwater girl. -
"If Hitler were to invade hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the the Devil..." -Churchill
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And that's the point. I'll take Goldwater. I'll take Pence. I'll anyone, or anything, to save my country.
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Checking Eichenwald's TL now, but that may be the single stupidest tweet on this godforsaken platform.
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You don't consider Trump to be literally the worst single person in the entire country to take the office?
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