People here seem to be celebrating. However, this does nothing to prevent states from mandating their electors vote with the "national popular vote". In fact, it only hardens that, as the SCOTUS has already ruled in 1952 (according to this article) that states can do exactly that. And now, electors in those states are not allowed to go rogue.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that states do not violate the Constitution when they require electors to pledge that they will abide by the results of the popular vote. But the justices had never before said whether it is constitutional to enforce those pledges.
This interstate agreement is by far the largest immediate danger to our electoral college.
People here seem to be celebrating. However, this does nothing to prevent states from mandating their electors vote with the "national popular vote". In fact, it only hardens that, as the SCOTUS has already ruled in 1952 (according to this article) that states can do exactly that. And now, electors in those states are not allowed to go rogue.
This interstate agreement is by far the largest immediate danger to our electoral college.
Yea but at least they cannot BUY the electoral votes which was 10000000% the goal of this case.
If people are capable of going rogue, they are capable of being paid to go rogue.
In 2016 it was Hollywood celebrities making commercials begging Trump electors to defect.
This year it was to be BLM camping outside their homes with rifles and threatening their families.