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Tyranny & Treason

Some critiques of the electoral college miss the point

Eleanor Konik
Mar 21, 2016
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Kicking off the French Revolution with the Tennis Court Oath.
Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution

I recently read a Facebook post where a former coworker of mine declared that any Superdelegate or member of the Electoral College who “voted against the will of the people” should be charged with treason. Leaving aside the incredibly short list of Americans who have been convicted of treason (almost always for war cr…

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