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>This is a clever idea but if it gets over the line I am very pessimistic about the supreme court allowing it. You could've stopped at "I'm pessimistic about t

>This is a clever idea but if it gets over the line I am very pessimistic about the supreme court allowing it. You could've stopped at "I'm pessimistic about the Supreme Court". It's completely dysfunctional now. We need a Supreme Court reform if we want to keep the nation. > the result would be chaotic at best. As it already was in the past (Bush vs. Gore), and as I can absolutely assure it will be in 2024 regardless of anything else going on. >As mentioned in the article, getting congressional approval, and then letting that process go through the courts before enactment, might at least make the deployment reasonable, even if congressional approval may not be strictly required. Out of the two major parties in the US, one is pushing for National Popular Vote, and the other is famous for sticking for states rights, which is what National Popular Vote Compact is all about (not having the Congress dictate it from the top). Surely they would support it... right?

rs999gti 2y ago
> We need a Supreme Court reform if we want to keep the nation. More like you need the US house and senate to legislate and coming to stupid party deadlocks, gamesmanship, and worrying what an unpopular vote means to future electability. The supreme court of the US gained so much power because the legislature stopped legislating. Source: studied American civics in school
ianbicking 2y ago
A few more conservative states have signed onto the compact. I think most Republicans (individuals) would support it, the leadership is all realpolitik but normal folk do believe in the basic idea of democracy, especially something simple to explain like this. Republicans won the legislature in Florida the same year people voted to give felons voting rights... the electorate is more principled on these things than the parties. (I suppose that makes sense, it doesn't actually affect the electorate nearly as much as it affects elected officials.)

rs999gti 2y ago

> We need a Supreme Court reform if we want to keep the nation. More like you need the US house and senate to legislate and coming to stupid party deadlocks, gamesmanship, and worrying what an unpopular vote means to future electability. The supreme court of the US gained so much power because the legislature stopped legislating. Source: studied American civics in school

ianbicking 2y ago

A few more conservative states have signed onto the compact. I think most Republicans (individuals) would support it, the leadership is all realpolitik but normal folk do believe in the basic idea of democracy, especially something simple to explain like this. Republicans won the legislature in Florida the same year people voted to give felons voting rights... the electorate is more principled on these things than the parties. (I suppose that makes sense, it doesn't actually affect the electorate nearly as much as it affects elected officials.)