Author Topic: The electoral college, and the NPV Interstate Compact  (Read 1408 times)

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Offline segnosaur

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OK, I'm willing to bet we both have some truth to what we say. I did read the full paragraph. So did you. Maybe we can find a constitutional expert somewhere? Do you know any American law professors? In the mean time I'll see what I can track down online as far as articles.
The wikipedia page itself has a section on constitutionality.

I'd say the arguments are... mixed. There are legal arguments that congress doesn't need to approve it because it doesn't constitute a compact and/or its covered because of rules allowing states to decide how to allocate EC votes. There are also legal arguments that approval is necessary. There would probably be a court challenge to the law (probably by either the republicans, or a smaller state that saw its favored candidate lose).

But then again, there's also the chance congress would approve the measure anyways, making the issue mot.