“whether states have the Constitutional rights to punish faithless electors who choose to cast their electoral college vote against the wishes of the popular vote in that state”
But if they rule the states can do that, doesn’t that pretty much destroy the Electoral College?
Yes, it would make the Electoral College a free-for-all and the Electors would not be bound to vote to represent the wishes of the state they are in.
It would essentially render the Electoral Collage worthless as I see it. There might be one recourse and it would be for the voters of the state to demand that more faithful and loyal people get chosen as Electors to make sure they fulfill the wishes of the people of the state.