12-24-2016, 09:31 AM
(12-23-2016, 10:06 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(12-23-2016, 02:36 PM)radind Wrote: The electoral college is an integral part of our Republic. I am looking forward to the next four years.
If it existed to protect the rights of States that got to represent non-voting persons at a rate of three-fifths of a free person, then it is obsolete because the rationale is no longer valid. 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
I dread the next four years in which wealth and corporate power are effectively represented and people are not. Government representing economic power is either feudal or fascist.
The electoral college is not obsolete because it still protects the rights of the smaller states.
… whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil 4:8 (ESV)