“The 538 people who cast the actual votes for president in December as part of the Electoral College are not free agents and must vote as the laws of their states direct,...”
Except that many states now have laws that their electors go to the candidate who wins the Country’s popular vote.
“Except that many states now have laws that their electors go to the candidate who wins the Country’s popular vote.”
That’s the devil in the details. If this democrat ploy results in otherwise Trump winning states forced by state law to vote for Biden and throws the election, there will be a constitutional crisis.
Wonder what will become of those rulings if President Trump actually wins the popular vote?
No state has such a law in effect.
A few states have enacted such laws with the proviso that they will go into effect only if similar laws are enacted in states representing a majority of the electoral college. Which hasn't, and isn't going to, happen.