Hello, Brian. I agree much of the knee-jerk reaction articles on that day were confusing. Still, consider this article and its quotes.
"More practically speaking, if the court had ruled the other way, it might have made the National Popular Vote Compact unenforceable. After all, if the justices had found that states cannot force electors to vote a certain way, then states presumably couldn’t have forced electors to abide by the national popular vote."
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. brought that up in oral arguments in May, asking Lawrence Lessig, who was arguing in favor of faithless electors, “Under your view, there would be no way to enforce the popular vote referendum?
Mr. Lessig said that assessment was correct: The compact would require participating states to choose a set of electors “that fits with the winner of the national popular vote, and that slate of electors then would have the same discretion, legal discretion, that we believe any elector has.”
The justices’ rejection of Mr. Lessig’s arguments, then, at least leaves open the possibility that the compact could be enforced."
Did the Popular Vote Just Get a Win at the Supreme Court?
The justices’ ruling on faithless electors could indirectly help those who want to circumvent the Electoral College entirely.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/u...ular-vote.html
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