From Green Eagle:
Well, here we go, nine of the most respected legal minds in the country (okay, not Kavanaugh, Thomas or Alito, but whatever) agreeing on something, and Green Eagle, who spent as much time in law school as he did in the Turkish parliament, is about to tell you that all nine of them were dead wrong about the electoral college when they decided that States have a right to force electors to cast their votes in line with the way the people in their States voted. And yes, this decision is likely to be a boon for Democrats, because it is Republicans that are likely to give in to corruption and vote the way they want. But it is still absolutely contrary to the intent of the writers of the Constitution, as they made perfectly clear.
It is enough to see why this is true to read Federalist Paper no. 68, which deals with the rationale behind the electoral college. For those who may have forgotten, the Federalist Papers were a series of short documents produced by the writers of the Constitution, to explain what its contents meant. It should be obvious that, when there is alleged confusion about the intent of the Constitution, this is the first place that people should look, but somehow, what it says is constantly ignored. I want to consider here some of what Federalist Paper no. 68 had to say about the electoral college:
“It was…desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.”
It is absurd to suggest that the electors enter into “investigations” related to the qualifications of Presidential candidates, if they are not then free to make their own minds up about who to vote for.