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Recounts And Ballot Challenges In The 2020 Presidential Election: Legal Expert Provides Insights, Bruce Brumberg, Rebecca Green
Recounts And Ballot Challenges In The 2020 Presidential Election: Legal Expert Provides Insights, Bruce Brumberg, Rebecca Green
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Those Who Can Vote Are Duty-Bound To Do So, A. Benjamin Spencer
Those Who Can Vote Are Duty-Bound To Do So, A. Benjamin Spencer
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Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green
Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green
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In Chiafalo et al. v. Washington, the US. Supreme Court determined that states may constitutionally remove or punish faithless electors. In support of its holding, the Court cited a 2014 case called National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, which blessed a form of constitutional interpretation that looks to settled practice (or "liquidation," as James Madison called it) to resolve constitutional ambiguity. The Court agreed with petitioners that electors following the majority will of voters in their state is settled practice. This Article engages this assertion, suggesting that the question is more nuanced than the Court allowed. It …
How Many Votes Is Too Few?, Rebecca Green