On the eve of the 2024 presidential election, join Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, and professor Robert Hardaway, author of Saving the Electoral College: Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy, for a program examining the history and current debate over the Electoral College. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
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Robert Hardaway is professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he teaches evidence and civil procedure and election law. He is the author of numerous law review articles and books on the Electoral College and election law, including Saving the Electoral College: Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy.
Jesse Wegman is a member of the New York Times editorial board, where he has written about the Supreme Court and legal affairs since 2013. He previously worked as a reporter, editor, and producer at outlets including National Public Radio, The New York Observer, Reuters, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. He is the author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
Additional Resources
- Robert Hardaway, Saving the Electoral College Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy (2019)
- Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College (2020)
- Interactive Constitution, Electoral College, Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3
- National Popular Vote
- Ranked Choice Voting
- Interactive Constitution, Article I, Section III, The Senate
- Cass Sunstein, “On Jan. 6, Will Vice President Harris Certify the Election?,” Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25, 2024
- Gary Lawson and Jack Beerman, “Congressional Meddling In Presidential Elections: Still Unconstitutional After All These Years; A Comment On Sunstein?” April 2023
- “The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway,” Politico, Oct. 20, 2024
- Moore v. Harper (2023)
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