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>> protect the traditions and norms? >> no. traditions and norms aren't rules in the constitution. there is a difference between a tradition and a law. >> i think about the history of the electoral college. some of it, even though not all of it is steeped in the idea of slavery and this idea of the south looking at people that look like me as three-fifths of a person. if we are going to look at the electoral college, we should make sure we think about why it's in place. i'm not saying we should at least take it away. i think that we should probably wonder if this is the best way to elect our p...

Protect the spirit and make it more 21st century. >> you mean to protect the traditions and the norms? >> no. traditions and norms aren't rules in the constitution. there is a difference between a tradition and a law. >> i think about the history of the electoral college. some of it, even though not all of it is steeped in the idea of slavery and this idea of the south looking at people that look like me as three-fifths of a person. if we are going to look at the electoral college, we should make sure we think about why it's in place. i'm not saying we should at least take it away. i think tha...

Envisioned by the founders that sometimes are going to disadvantage democrats. >> but he stepped aside from the course that they should be swayed on monday or be briefed. >> or being a constitutional law professor use this as a teaching moment to tell young people who are watching that the reason we have an electoral college is because the founding fathers wanted the slave states to join the union. so to get them to join, we had to agree to their plan, that they could count two-thirds of their slaves. >> three-fifths. >> yes, three-fifths and the slaves couldn't vote. >> of course. but they wo...

Federal government was going to work but put a lot of premium on states. so there's some structures in our political system as envisioned by the founders that sometimes are going to disadvantage democrats. >> but he stepped aside from the course that they should be swayed on monday or be briefed. >> or being a constitutional law professor use this as a teaching moment to tell young people who are watching that the reason we have an electoral college is because the founding fathers wanted the slave states to un s the union. so to get them to join, we had to agree to their plan, that they could ...

Came along. kellyanne said he will not be doing any before election day. the message is clear. >> it is not unusual for candidates to do interviews, they're doing rallies and getting people out to the polls. al gore talked about perhaps african-american going back to three-fifths of the vote and that was before tee election in 2000. joe biden is going to put you all back in chains. republicans say democrats often resort back to racial polarization when they're trying to get people to the poll goes, and there's an element of that, democrats do talk about that. on the other hand, what hillary cl...