A court ruling just changed how we pick our president

[Ms. Toad]

57. You're misunderstanding what the compact does, or how it would work

with ths ruling.

From one of the articles you linked to:

The compact would modify the way participating states implement Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which requires each state legislature to define a method to appoint its electors to vote in the Electoral College.

So even if every state adopted the compact, they would appoint electors and direct them to vote for the winner of the popular vote.

But what this decision says - if it is upheld - is that the state's role ends upon appointment (before the electoral college vote). Their directon as to how to vote is not binding on the electors. That means that even though the state directed its electors to vote for the winner of the popular vote, this decision says they are under no obligation to do so.

That means this decision - and the compact could well counter each other.

It doesn't matter whether constitutional scholars believe the compact is constitutional (I agree it is), this court decision has the potential to undo what states have adopted by freeing the electors from the constraint to cast the vote in the manner directed by the state.