Faithless Lawmakers

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Author(s)	James Taranto
Source	Best of the Web Today
Date	July 29, 2010
URL	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703578104575397100729241576.html
Quote	"Legal scholars differ on whether state laws requiring electors to vote for the candidate to whom they are pledged are constitutional. But because the power of legislatures to choose the method of selecting electors is plenary, there is no question that the Constitution would permit faithless lawmakers to exit the NPVIC. If one or more states did so, and it affected the outcome of the election, the result would be a political crisis that would make 2000 look tame."

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This item argues against the position Compact should be passed on the topic National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.