- It is the electoral college's role to suppress "desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils" - Federalist 68, Alexander Hamilton http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp 4 comments politics
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- Opinion | The Constitution lets the electoral college choose the winner. They should choose Clinton. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-constitution-lets-the-electoral-college-choose-the-winner-they-should-choose-clinton/2016/11/24/0f431828-b0f7-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html 3136 comments
- Trump's acquittal shows no president will ever be removed from office. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/trump-acquittal-impeachment-history.html 2371 comments
- Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Made the Electoral College Irrelevant - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/opinion/supreme-court-electoral-college-faithless.html 1776 comments
- The Electoral College has failed America and democracy in electing Donald Trump | The Independent | The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/electoral-college-donald-trump-democracy-founding-fathers-no-mandate-a7486211.html 1433 comments
- The Electoral College is a rust-bound relic - The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/08/opinion/electoral-college-is-rust-bound-relic/ 1038 comments
- Opinion | The electoral college should think hard before handing Trump the presidency - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-electoral-college-should-think-hard-before-handing-trump-the-presidency/2016/12/14/ba3b570e-c23b-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html?amp%3Butm_term=.3b9c0084418c&hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory 992 comments
- Opinion | The electoral college is a failure. The Founding Fathers would probably agree. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-electoral-college-is-a-failure-the-founding-fathers-would-probably-agree/2019/04/07/813b706c-56fc-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html?noredirect=on 733 comments
- Source: Donald Trump's campaign is threatening "political reprisal" for defecting Republican electors | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2016/12/13/report-donald-trumps-campaign-is-threatening-political-reprisal-for-defecting-republican-electors/?amp%3Butm_medium=socialflow 644 comments
- Donald Trump's failure to exit his businesses gives the Electoral College a legitimate reason to vote him down on Dec. 19, ethics lawyers say — Quartz http://qz.com/861372/donald-trumps-failure-to-exit-his-businesses-gives-the-electoral-college-a-legitimate-reason-to-vote-him-down-on-dec-19-ethics-lawyers-say/ 497 comments
- Donald Trump isn't yet president, and the Hamilton Electors have one shot to make sure he never is | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2016/12/10/donald-trump-isnt-yet-president-and-the-hamilton-electors-have-one-shot-to-make-sure-he-never-is/ 465 comments
- The Electoral College Was Terrible From the Start - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/electoral-college-terrible/597589/ 445 comments
- Opinion | Why G.O.P. Electoral College Members Can Vote Against Trump - The New York Times http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/opinion/why-gop-electoral-college-members-can-vote-against-trump.html 368 comments
- Two Electors Are Trying to Withhold the Presidency from Donald Trump - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electors-hoping-for-an-electoral-college-revolt/508433/ 358 comments
- Five Common Misconceptions About the Electoral College - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/five-common-misconceptions-about-electoral-college/602596/?amp%3Bfbclid=iwar3vdxcp-nieev0mwucnrq1f3yb5t2tuzk-cezata6ryyfhxrciuorqk85c&%3Butm_campaign=the-atlantic&%3Butm_medium=social&%3Butm_source=facebook&%3Butm_term=2019-11-29t11%3A00%3A55 331 comments
- Opinion | Fix the Electoral College — Or Scrap It - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/electoral-college.html 303 comments
- The More We Learn About John Eastman’s Involvement in Trump’s Coup, the Worse It Gets – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/10/the-more-we-learn-about-john-eastmans-involvement-in-trumps-coup-the-worse-it-gets/ 268 comments
- The Never-Ending Crisis of the Electoral College | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/160162/electoral-college-national-popular-vote 153 comments
- Trump's openness to foreign interference is a nightmare the Founding Fathers feared | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/opinions/trump-founding-fathers-nightmare-opinion-avlon/index.html 123 comments
- Opinion | Democrats can stop Trump via the electoral college. But not how you think. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-can-use-the-electoral-college-to-stop-trump-but-not-how-you-think/2016/12/05/c69bb24e-ba86-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?amp%3Bwpisrc=nl_headlines&%3Bwpmm=1 113 comments
- Why the Founders would be aghast that Trump would take ‘oppo research’ from foreign governments - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/15/why-founders-would-be-aghast-that-trump-would-take-oppo-research-foreign-governments/ 112 comments
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