Shaping the Electoral College Part V
Subtitle: June 9th. Our Framers were not about to substitute one national tyrant with another. All had lived under the abuses of George III and his royal governors. Less well-known… Read more »
Tag: Electoral College
Shaping the Electoral College Part III
Subtitle: June 2nd. Delegates once again met in committee, the committee of the whole, a parliamentary device that allows a more open exchange of views without the urgency of a… Read more »
Shaping the Electoral College Part II of XIV
Subtitle: June 1st. As with the three other major institutions of their Constitution, (House, Senate, Judiciary) our Framers were careful to properly match electors to the Electoral College. It wasn’t… Read more »
Shaping the Electoral College (Part I of XIV)
Not until the waning days of the Philadelphia Convention did our Framers complete their plan of the Electoral College. In contrast, Article I elections to Congress and Article III appointments… Read more »
The Framers’ Electoral College
Subtitle: If I Could Speak with Dennis Prager. If I could get through to Dennis Prager’s radio show, I’d encourage him to read Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 68 on Presidential… Read more »
Our Remarkable Electoral College
The wisdom of our awkward Electoral College (EC) goes far beyond the matter of relative electoral weight between urban and rural voters. Thank the Framers for doing more than diffusing… Read more »
Another Reason to Keep the Electoral College
Let’s say the democrat party gets its wish. Instead of repealing the 17th Amendment, America goes full radical, rewrites Article II, and does away with the Electoral College (EC). Thanks… Read more »
A Senate of the States: September 6th, 1787
Presidential Elections. Little over a week before the close of the federal convention, the senate was still responsible for appointing a president should no one obtain a majority, or if… Read more »
A Senate of the States: August 7th – 9th, 1787
This last stretch, from August 7th onward, was an endurance test. The summer dragged on and so did most of the delegates. Long hours in convention plus committee work for… Read more »
Publius Huldah vs. Article V: Part V
Publius Huldah. Near 30:30 minutes into her speech, Ms. Huldah posits that James Madison opposed the state convention method in Article V. She cites The Federalist #49, and a private… Read more »