The Electoral College is required by law to meet on December 14 to elect a president for us. This is how things are done in a representative republic like ours. In a republic, we do not choose our president; instead, we choose the people who will pick a president for us. What we were really […]
The Supreme Court has taken up a case from Washington state on “faithless electors,” that is, electors who pledge to vote for somebody then vote for somebody else. Many states have laws against doing that, and prescribe fines for going rogue. The case is about whether states are permitted to do that. In order to […]
As we pass the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on how he got to the Oval Office. And perhaps we can dispell a couple of myths along the way. Donald Trump is president because he won the electoral college by trouncing Hillary Clinton 304-227. At the same […]