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SCOTUS: States can bar faithless electors -- nm

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Jul 6 '20, 07:11

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makes sense to me - you don't want rogue actors being able to muck things up just because. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 07:32
IANAL but it seemed to me pretty obvious that states would have a lot of leeway on rules on their electors. -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 07:28 4
- That’s the basis for the decision and that principle has tremendous implications— it’s definitely a move against the electoral college in a slight way -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:32 3
  - I was thinking this too. It's probably the right decision (or the decision I think is right since I think EC is awful) - ty97 Jul 6, 07:49 2
    - Unanimous with this court makes it pretty clear. -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 07:58 1
      - It basically seemed like a no-brainer to me, but again, what do I know? -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 08:03
I found it funny that the 4 who sued refused to vote Clinton even though she won the popular vote in their state. -- nm - MDH Jul 6, 07:22 3
- It was to try to get republican electors to vote for Powell and deprive trump a majority -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:26 2
  - Well that's simply delusional. -- nm - MDH Jul 6, 07:46 1
    - You may recall that a large number of you were totally deluded back then as to whether how or when you’d “stop Trump” from becoming - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:55
Yes -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:21
Is that it for today? -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 07:18
Why do they hate atheists? (NM) - Marlowe Jul 6, 07:15
What about faithful electors? -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 07:15 4
- Interesting that it’s unanimous— if the electoral college pledge ever passes that’s a good sign -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:15 3
  - are you referring to the popular vote compact (or whatever it's called)? I was curious about the implications for that of this decision. -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:16 2
    - Reading it to see if any implications (I’m sure it’s not mentioned though it was at oral arg) but yes I am -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:22 1
      - Yeah. It seems to me like you could infer that they are saying States have a lot of freedom with what they do with their electors - Dano Jul 6, 08:06

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