Saving the electoral college : why the national popular vote would undermine democracy
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Saving the electoral college : why the national popular vote would undermine democracy
Praeger, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
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.
目次
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction: John F. Kennedy's Vision of Federalism
Chapter 2 The Solar System of Government Power
Chapter 3 Electing a President: The Framers' Vision
Chapter 4 The Direct Election Illusion
Chapter 5 The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Chapter 6 The Grand Compromise and the Unit Vote: Myths and Misdirection
Chapter 7 Presidential Campaigns and Incentives: "That's Where the Votes Are"
Chapter 8 Legitimacy and Certainty
Chapter 9 The Recount Problem
Chapter 10 Myths about the Electoral College: A Response
Chapter 11 Reform: Proposals and Alternatives
Chapter 12 Conclusion: The Case for Preserving Federalism
Appendix A. National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: California's Bill
Appendix B. Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Relating to the Electoral College
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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