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State of Play On Jan. 19, the Senate failed 48-52 to change its filibuster rules, which would have been required in order to pass elections and…

GOP "dream ticket" faces a major constitutional hurdle ...

The Constitution is always under threat, and it falls on its friends to defend it from all challengers.

Electoral college, the system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen. It was devised by the framers of the United States Constitution to provide a method of election that was feasible, desirable, and consistent with a republican form of government. For the results

How the Maryland representative became the man for this historical moment

Rep. Louie Gohmert, along with a group of would-be Donald Trump electors from Arizona, filed suit against Mike Pence—not for violating the 1887 Electoral Count Act, but for following it. And if that doesn’t sound strange enough already, Gohmert was likely acting as a stand-in for Trump.

Today in 1800, electors in the states cast ballots that resulted in an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr in the United States presidential election. The contest was the product of a bitter campaign season, the first contested presidential election of its kind, wherein the Federalist and Republican press engaged in harsh vitriol […]

Today is Rosa Parks Day....

Some argue that the Electoral College should be maintained because it was the intent of the Founding Fathers to ensure every part of the country participates equally and to offer certainty to the election results, while others argue that the Electoral College should be abolished because the Founding Fathers’ reasoning is outdated and gives too much power to swing states while ignoring the will of the people.

Umzimkhulu is a poorly resourced and job-scarce town about 167km southwest of Durban. Before 2006 it fell under the Eastern Cape demarcation. It was fortunate to escape the rampant looting that swept through KZN in July, but the municipality is struggling against reputational damage of corrupti...