that Compact is unconstitutional (Reply #70)

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Fri Nov 25, 2016, 04:43 AM

70. that Compact is unconstitutional

States cannot make interstate legally binding laws that affect the supremacy of US law without approval on Congress. Multiple other reasons too.

http://www.jurist.org/forum/2012/02/william-ross-vote-compact.php

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2188020

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84 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do DUers understand the meaning of 2million more votes? [View all]	malaise	Nov 2016	OP
I certainly do.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#1
I do too. Clinton's lead is larger than the sum of all the Trump votes in almost a dozen states.	Coyotl	Nov 2016	#11
To be fair, if Gore had contested wisely . . .	MrModerate	Nov 2016	#15
I was watching.	anamandujano	Nov 2016	#61
Because "bitter and appalled" is superior to whining, pissing, and moaning..	milestogo	Nov 2016	#20
Not a fan of crybabies.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#23
Happy Thanksgiving!	milestogo	Nov 2016	#49
Oh you're sickened? You must be so weak!	bettyellen	Nov 2016	#53
Not inside the beltway from what I heard.	Hortensis	Nov 2016	#2
It's basically California; she broke even everywhere else	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#3
Or get rid of the Electoral College	SoCalNative	Nov 2016	#4
Even better	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#5
This	treestar	Nov 2016	#6
Exactly...	paleotn	Nov 2016	#29
Go to	pbmus	Nov 2016	#66
that Compact is unconstitutional	Grey Lemercier	Nov 2016	#70
You might want to read my latest discussion entry	pbmus	Nov 2016	#71
hey hey, ho ho, the electoral college has got to go... or get used to having LOSER republicans	TheFrenchRazor	Nov 2016	#73
There are plans out that don't require a constitutional amendment	alarimer	Nov 2016	#79
That's exactly right.	LisaL	Nov 2016	#9
Don't need to have them agree	pbmus	Nov 2016	#67
California is no less important than all the states in the Deep South.	kentuck	Nov 2016	#13
Individuals in California aren't worth as much, evidently	lostnfound	Nov 2016	#35
Apparently not	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#45
No	DK504	Nov 2016	#56
Very lopsided vote	Retrograde	Nov 2016	#63
It means HRC was extraordinarily popular in NY and CA	oberliner	Nov 2016	#7
Yes, exactly.	LisaL	Nov 2016	#8
Fair share I don't think it is a problem	JonLP24	Nov 2016	#12
We got killed by the effectiveness of GOP brainwashing in rural communities.	lostnfound	Nov 2016	#38
This	ybbor	Nov 2016	#40
it's interesting how she was maligned as not liberal enough	La Lioness Priyanka	Nov 2016	#84
It means that 'city peoples' vote is half a vote in America.	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#10
or 2/3?	baldguy	Nov 2016	#16
Or 3/5's	Lochloosa	Nov 2016	#31
Mmhm! Nt	Quayblue	Nov 2016	#47
Correct...	HipHipHillary	Nov 2016	#21
What "view" does "the country" have	William Seger	Nov 2016	#33
Their worldview is created from twitter and facebook fake news & 'Trumpland' was prophetic	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#43
You didn't answer my question	William Seger	Nov 2016	#44
They should not. I think the popular vote is democracy.	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#50
Yeah, we got whacked upside the head by the electoral college . . . again. n/t	MrModerate	Nov 2016	#14
we got wacked because lots of people didn't want the 'status quo' system anymore or they sat out &	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#48
Doesn't have to be	pbmus	Nov 2016	#68
It means much more than 2 million.....	Martin Eden	Nov 2016	#17
Correct - that number is more than the entire electorate	malaise	Nov 2016	#18
Maybe if She had visited Wisconsin ONCE it might have helped...	ybbor	Nov 2016	#19
She should have visited Wisconsin	malaise	Nov 2016	#22
Exactly right	ramapo	Nov 2016	#24
The new voter ID laws in Wisconsin depressed Democratic turnout,	pnwmom	Nov 2016	#30
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2016	#39
I had one deleted too	madokie	Nov 2016	#41
Me too	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#46
I had posts deleted too - I see it as a badge of honor	malaise	Nov 2016	#51
You would.	Lochloosa	Nov 2016	#54
Hehehehehhe	malaise	Nov 2016	#59
If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten!	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#55
Love me some Monty Python	malaise	Nov 2016	#58
Life's a piece of shit, when ya look at it. nt	King_Klonopin	Nov 2016	#65
A recurring theme in the UK	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#77
You should challenge the decision to silence your post. The election	jack_krass	Nov 2016	#76
By flawed, I believe you mean "qualified". nt	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2016	#26
Nope	ybbor	Nov 2016	#37
Go back to your cave. nt	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2016	#62
She wasn't a "deeply flawed" candidate. In 2013 the Supreme Court	pnwmom	Nov 2016	#27
Yes, She was deeply flawed or She wouldn't have lost all the rust belt states...	ybbor	Nov 2016	#36
And it isn't hindsight	ybbor	Nov 2016	#42
she won those states because of the black vote and they ARE a big part of the votes in the GE for	JI7	Nov 2016	#64
Looking at the last census data of 2010	Loki	Nov 2016	#25
1,000	malaise	Nov 2016	#28
first day back since the election	napkinz	Nov 2016	#32
Welcome back sis	malaise	Nov 2016	#34
There are counties in states with More votes than registered voters, including in WI.	onecaliberal	Nov 2016	#52
So many disenfranchised voters	mcar	Nov 2016	#57
In Michigan, Obama beat McCain in 2008 by 16 percentage points.	demmiblue	Nov 2016	#60
It's not going to stop at 2 million.	tandem5	Nov 2016	#69
Everything about this from the primaries on has been bizarre and unprecedented.	Kablooie	Nov 2016	#72
Two million more votes	The King of Prussia	Nov 2016	#74
Not true	malaise	Nov 2016	#75
There are no seats in a Presidential Election	The King of Prussia	Nov 2016	#78
I know	malaise	Nov 2016	#80
Hey - she had 6 million more in just CA and NY...sure that means something.	jmg257	Nov 2016	#81
Do DU'rs understand that if they wanna complain about the electoral college	sylvanus	Nov 2016	#82
Off the chart impossible and beyond all probability without some cheating	Coyotl	Nov 2016	#83

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