FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W3156331818> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W3156331818 abstract "If the aftermath of the unprecedented lobbying campaign attempting to convince the presidential electors to change the outcome of the 2016 presidential election and deny Donald Trump the White House, legal cases arose challenging the authority of the states to sanction or replace presidential electors who broke their pledges to cast their votes for the party nominee who won the statewide balloting in the general election. Colorado claimed the right to discard the ballots of faithless electors and replace those electors with an alternate who would adhere to their pledge. Washington state claimed the right to impose a civil fine on faithless electors who broke their pledge. The authority of the states to discourage faithless electors had not previously been tested, and in the consolidated cases of Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca the Court upheld the authority of the states to take such actions to enforce the pledges of presidential electors.The greatest risk raised by the faithless elector cases was the possibility that the justices might throw a monkey wrench into the electoral machinery. They could have made it somewhat more likely that Hamilton Elector-style lobbying campaigns will become regular features of our electoral process, and as a result made it marginally more likely that the country might eventually face the constitutional crisis of the Electoral College denying victory to the declared winner of Election Day. The justices in 2020 instead took care to not further unsettle the political system. In doing so, they did not – and could not – put an end to the possibility that a faithless elector might someday swing an election result, but they did what they could to make sure that such an event was no more likely than it was before they heard the cases. They endorsed the status quo ante, and left it to politicians to take measures that would minimize the prospect and impact of faithless electors.This essay reviews the faithless elector problem and how the Court tried to resolve it. Part I reviews the design of the Electoral College, the problem of faithless electors, and the ways we have tried to contain that problem. Part II notes how this problem of faithless electors reached the Supreme Court. Part III examines the strategy Justice Elena Kagan adopted in the majority opinion for empowering states to discipline presidential electors. Part IV examines the alternative strategy offered by Justice Clarence Thomas in his concurring opinion. Part V considers some implications of the Court’s action in these cases for related controversies." @default.
• W3156331818 created "2021-04-26" @default.
• W3156331818 creator A5045116204 @default.
• W3156331818 date "2020-01-01" @default.
• W3156331818 modified "2023-09-24" @default.
• W3156331818 title "The Vexing Problem of Faithless Electors" @default.
• W3156331818 doi "https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3667886" @default.
• W3156331818 hasPublicationYear "2020" @default.
• W3156331818 type Work @default.
• W3156331818 sameAs 3156331818 @default.
• W3156331818 citedByCount "0" @default.
• W3156331818 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
• W3156331818 hasAuthorship W3156331818A5045116204 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C11413529 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C197487636 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C2776129789 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C2777897930 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C2779220109 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C2780643141 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C41008148 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C48103436 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C555826173 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C11413529 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C17744445 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C197487636 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C199539241 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C2776129789 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C2777897930 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C2779220109 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C2780643141 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C41008148 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C48103436 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C555826173 @default.
• W3156331818 hasConceptScore W3156331818C94625758 @default.
• W3156331818 hasLocation W31563318181 @default.
• W3156331818 hasOpenAccess W3156331818 @default.
• W3156331818 hasPrimaryLocation W31563318181 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W11102168 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W15679567 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W20443863 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W23636863 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W4282071 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W5109547 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W776066 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W8360346 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W9416884 @default.
• W3156331818 hasRelatedWork W1926718 @default.
• W3156331818 isParatext "false" @default.
• W3156331818 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W3156331818 magId "3156331818" @default.
• W3156331818 workType "article" @default.