Disgracing the Electoral College

Filed Under: deliberative government, direct national election, Electoral College, National Popular Vote (NPV) compact

“I do not, gentlemen, trust you!” thundered Gunning Bedford at the Constitutional Convention. He was a small state delegate, speaking directly to those from the large states. “If you possess the power,” he continued, “the abuse of it could not …

Nov 12, 2012

Restoring the Deliberate Sense of the Community

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by Greg Weiner / 0 Comments

Filed Under: Administrative State, Congressionalism, deliberative government, Executive Power, George Carey, Publius, The Federalist, Willmoore Kendall

A friend from high school, distressed by the results of Tuesday’s balloting, circulated a prayerful plea that President Obama’s re-election indicates “our nation is in a sinful state” whose consequences we must “suffer” until we repent our “wicked ways.”

This …