LA Times Editorial: Electoral College Is Unconstitutional And Should Be Banned

dailycaller.com ^ | 12/16/16 | Blake Neff

[ColdOne]

The Los Angeles Times has published an editorial arguing that the Electoral College shouldn’t be allowed to choose the next U.S. president, on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.

Needless to say, Kenneth Jost’s argument is a very bold one, since the Constitution explicitly creates the Electoral College and describes how it works; the system was even refined with the 12th Amendment. But Jost, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, says that’s no barrier to having the Supreme Court abolish the Electoral College by fiat.

[Jim Noble]

Hmm, since it has been in the Constitution from the beginning

In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment was unconstitutional, despite the fact that it is mentioned and affirmed in plain language.

With these people, nothing is impossible.

[\/\/ayne]

Liberal professors and news media are reaching a new low in whinerism.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

So, the EC is in the Constitution, which makes it unconstitutional, but that is no barrier to changing it.

But the Supreme Court could abolish it by fiat.

You know, Saddam Hussein did not have an entirely bad idea feeding people into his plastic shredders.

[Carl Vehse]

The LATimes is a fifth-column US-hating media rag that contains only leftist diarrhea.

[Navy Patriot]

So the slimeball Kenneth Jost and the Los Angeles Slimes moves into Insurrection and Treason.

[LostInBayport]

This entire “get rid of the Electoral College” rant is perhaps the biggest example of leftist hypocrisy ever.

They bleat on incessantly about “diversity” and “disenfranchisement” and “voices being heard” at every opportunity. But the Electoral College is truly all of those things. It gives states with low populations but different needs and values a voice. And not just a voice, but a bit of power as well. It may be the best example of inclusion on a political level. Without it, three states would pick the president every time.

And they want it gone because they couldn’t win it. Waaaa!

[Pollster1]

Jost, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, says that’s no barrier to having the Supreme Court abolish the Electoral College by fiat.

It's obvious why this guy is adjunct and not a real professor. It's also obvious why we need real, patriotic Americans on the Supreme Court. We need eight years of President Trump, and we need him VERY carefully researching each judicial nominee, at all levels. We cannot afford any more republican nominees who flip once they are on the bench. The boldness of suggesting that the Constitution is unconstitutional is frightening; I don't think the democrats learned from 1861-1865.

[samtheman]

Constitutional law according to Kim Jong-un

[Tzimisce]

I love it when lawyers and politicians who are empowered by the US Constitution to force their opinions on us tell us the Constitution shouldn’t apply to them. :)

[RayChuang88]

Good luck trying to get 2/3 of Congress to pass a bill to set up the Amendment process and 3/4 of the state legislatures to pass it. It’ll never happen, especially since the Founding Fathers specifically created the Electoral College to prevent urban areas from too dominating national politics.

[EDINVA]

Adjunct professor = one step up from a grad student. But the LA Times will publish anyone who can claim any kind of title who writes what it wants to publish.

He’s teaching Georgetown Law students who are paying $57,576 in tuition only. Add another couple of thousand $$$ for fees, and let’s not leave out cost of living in very expensive metro DC. Not sure they’re getting a good deal for their investment if this reflects G’town Law. OK, they are NOT getting a good deal for their investment. Why do universities keep these people on payroll?

[VideoDoctor]

Hey.. and while we’re at it.. let’s change the law to “guilty until proven innocent.” /s

[Reily]

Adjunct! Is he the Adjunct Professor of “Sitting Near a Window and Saying Stupid Things” Studies.

Adjunct and may he always remain so!

[Junk Silver]

Saying that a process which is at the core of the constitution is unconstitutional is absurd. That’s like saying that a Georgetown adjunct law professor is a drooling moron with no actual knowledge of the law.

Wait, bad analogy...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

In other news, the LA Times continues to assert that Islamic terrorism has absolutely nothing to do with Islam.

At least you can say they are consistent.

[VanDeKoik]

They were gleefully predicting how many EVs she was going to get the day before the election.

Now they say that it’s unconstitutional.

[Gay State Conservative]

But Jost, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, says that’s no barrier to having the Supreme Court abolish the Electoral College by fiat.

If a vote by SCOTUS were to be held today it would be 4-4...with the usual suspects voting in favor of "unconstitutional".

[Windflier]

The professor sounds like he’s inciting the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution, and by extension, the U.S. government.

That’s clearly treason, and is punishable under our laws.

Lock him up!

[goldstategop]

A liberal law professor wants the SCOTUS to ignore the Constitution?

What a howler. The Constitution IS the Supreme Law of the land.

Even a law school professor should know that basic dictum.

The SCOTUS can’t override the Constitution by fiat. Period.

Liberals can’t rely on the courts to rewrite the Constitution for them when it doesn’t suit them.

[HarleyD]

Let’s take that to the Supreme Court after Trump makes his nominations.