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Saving the Electoral College: Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy

Autor Robert M. Hardaway
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2024
The 2016 election caused many pundits and citizens alike to decry the Electoral College. This book explains the dangerous and unconstitutional implications of the National Popular Vote Bill, which is quietly passing in state houses across the nation.Ever since the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College, Congress has tried to overturn it. The latest attempt is taking place not in Congress, but in state legislatures around the country, where a well-financed campaign by a private California group calling itself "National Popular Vote" (NPV) is proposing an "interstate compact" to circumvent the process for amending the U.S. Constitution. If adopted by states representing a majority of electoral votes, the signatory states would bind themselves to ignore the popular votes within their respective states, and instead allocate their electoral votes to the candidate whom the media proclaimed to be the "national popular vote" winner. In this new history of the Electoral College, law professor Robert M. Hardaway lays bare the constitutional loopholes that have allowed this movement to succeed in states representing approximately half the electoral votes necessary to purportedly bind those states to ignore the popular vote of the people within their respective states. The presentation of the information in this book to state legislatures considering the compact, resulted in complete reversal of preconceived perceptions about how presidential elections should be conducted.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9798765119020
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Exposes the National Popular Vote movement, which seeks to abolish the Electoral College, by making readers aware of this its agenda, financing, and goal of effectively amending the constitutional process by a means that takes place under the radar of the general public

Notă biografică

Robert M. Hardaway is professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he teaches evidence and civil procedure and election law. He is the author of numerous law review articles and books on the Electoral College and election law.

Cuprins

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introduction: John F. Kennedy's Vision of FederalismChapter 2 The Solar System of Government PowerChapter 3 Electing a President: The Framers' VisionChapter 4 The Direct Election IllusionChapter 5 The National Popular Vote Interstate CompactChapter 6 The Grand Compromise and the Unit Vote: Myths and MisdirectionChapter 7 Presidential Campaigns and Incentives: "That's Where the Votes Are"Chapter 8 Legitimacy and CertaintyChapter 9 The Recount ProblemChapter 10 Myths about the Electoral College: A ResponseChapter 11 Reform: Proposals and AlternativesChapter 12 Conclusion: The Case for Preserving FederalismAppendix A. National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: California's BillAppendix B. Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Relating to the Electoral CollegeNotesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Since 2016, several books have been written to explain, oppose, or support the the Electoral College. Hardaway's book falls into the last category. He provides a full-throated defense of the Electoral College, paying particular attention to the most recent threat to it, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.