If the elites behind this thought it would help TEA Party candidates, the effort would instantly come to a halt.
Communism advances.
Presidential Election Popular Votes 1940-2012
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/common/pop_vote.html
Considering the amount of ire for the Dems by the public, what happens when conservative Pubbies (or even GOP-E) win the popular vote?
What will they do then? Go back to the electoral college?
AND .. IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED .. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE DEMS WANT AMNESTY .. THEY WILL NEED ALL THOSE VOTES IN ORDER TO WIN THE ELECTION IN 2016.
IF THEY MANAGE TO PULL IT OFF .. IT WILL FINISH THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA.
OR .... IT WILL START A CIVIL WAR (WHICH IS WHAT I THINK OBAMA WANTS); HE WILL DECLARE MARTIAL LAW AND ALL GOVT WILL BE SUSPENDED.
AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP .. WE’RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
Do those that advocate the popular vote scheme expect conservative states to just accept it without contemplation of separation?
We’re about two elections away from a Mexican president. Sometimes I’m glad I’m old....
Why are these states so quick to yield their sovereignty?
Many constitutional scholars find that the NPV Compact probably is unconstitutional. Here are some links:
http://jurist.org/forum/2012/02/william-ross-vote-compact.php
Basically, the arguments against the NPV are that it violates the Compact Clause of the Constitution, it may violate the Voting Rights Act, and it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
the winners are big population centers and losers are medium and small states.
in essence it makes all states losers except for about six.
Having a partisan president select a partisan head of the Justice Department means the executive branch can get away with just about anything, the 2/3rds of the Senate conviction standard being a very high bar.
The whole point of the Electoral College was to allow a way to elect a president that the people didn’t vote for if the people ever made what the overlords felt was an incorrect decision.
The majority of the population of the US lives in democrat controlled states. That’s why they want to pass this law. It would make republicans extinct.
Another scheme from scheming socialists? Adios, republic.
“a Republic madam, if you can keep it.” Benjamin Franklin recognized the threat posed to a “Representative Republic” by partisan politics, special interests, and unrestrained growth of the central (Federal) government. The Constitution imposed heavy restrictions upon the three separate and equal branches of government and left the fabric of authority for legislation in the hands of the several individual states protected by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
http://libertyssong.com/2011/03/31/what-kind-of-government-have-you-given-us-dr-franklin/
How could this pass Constitutional muster?
1) It will nullify the votes of a MAJORITY of some States’ voters, deny the the right to vote to millions of citizens.
2) It allows OTHER States to select the electors for your State. Constitution does not allow that.
3) Illegal voting in one State could throw an election. Cheating would be rampant and competitive.
No way in hell will this Democrat scheme stand.
No Constitution, no peace.
1. Seems it would encourage a proliferation of 3rd parties.
2. It appears to be contrary to the purpose statement of the US Constitution which is to guarantee to the people a ‘republican’ form of government.
3. Other inconsistencies with the constitution should make it possible for smaller states to take this to the Supreme Court. For example, the Constitution doesn’t seem to give the state legislatures the authority to determine the vote of the elector: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. “
4. This makes it possible for a coalition of California, Texas, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and New Jersey to run the nation. 11 States could run the nation. We say, “impossible”. But, if it becomes clear to a potential majority that they could ALWAYS have what they wanted, then it is entirely possible.