http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/22/the-attack-on-the-consitution/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/22/the-attack-on-the-consitution/comment-page-1/#comment-21768 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » That Doesn’t Mean It’s Legal In The Real World Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:52:00 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/22/the-attack-on-the-consitution/#comment-21768 [...] This is not the first time I have posted about this "innovation". I did so here and here. Again, despite the approving tone of the NYT article and the disinformation Koza and his group are spreading, there is a valid reason for the electoral college. Without it, small states would no longer be represented fairly in the presidential vote. Contrary to what Koza says, campaigns would only focus in the "compact states". There would be no way the smaller, less populous states would matter any longer. I am not at all sure this would pass constitutional muster because of the "no compact" wording in the constitution. But am quite certain this is an appallingly bad, partisan attempt to meddle with the system. [...] [...] This is not the first time I have posted about this "innovation". I did so here and here. Again, despite the approving tone of the NYT article and the disinformation Koza and his group are spreading, there is a valid reason for the electoral college. Without it, small states would no longer be represented fairly in the presidential vote. Contrary to what Koza says, campaigns would only focus in the "compact states". There would be no way the smaller, less populous states would matter any longer. I am not at all sure this would pass constitutional muster because of the "no compact" wording in the constitution. But am quite certain this is an appallingly bad, partisan attempt to meddle with the system. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/22/the-attack-on-the-consitution/comment-page-1/#comment-3931 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Attacking The Constitution Wed, 31 May 2006 21:26:53 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/22/the-attack-on-the-consitution/#comment-3931 [...] Well, the folks in California are hopping on the bandwagon to try to overturn the constitution, which I have posted on before. Basically this an attempt at an end-run around the constitution and the electoral college without actually following the constitution and trying to amend the constitution. The prohibition against compacts between the states should be enough to stop this insanity, one would hope. [...] [...] Well, the folks in California are hopping on the bandwagon to try to overturn the constitution, which I have posted on before. Basically this an attempt at an end-run around the constitution and the electoral college without actually following the constitution and trying to amend the constitution. The prohibition against compacts between the states should be enough to stop this insanity, one would hope. [...]

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