It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.
Electors are to deliberate and make their choice for President and Vice President. These laws binding the electors to vote for the winner of the national popular vote render the term Electors a nullity. Article II Section I give the states the authority to determine the "manner" in which Electors are "appoint[ed]". It doesn't give states the authority to direct how Electors are to vote.
Your betters, they used to be called Dukes, Earls......
Electors are to deliberate and make their choice for President and Vice President. These laws binding the electors to vote for the winner of the national popular vote render the term Electors a nullity.
Then, so does requiring them to vote by the state popular vote. Nobody has had a problem with that...