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Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted, “The Electoral College isn’t about fairness at all; it’s about empowering some voters over others. Every vote should be = in America, no matter who you are or where you come from. The right thing to do is establish a Popular Vote.” (Twitter)

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) replied, “Abolishing the electoral college means that politicians will

“U.S. Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX] on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6.” Reuters

Last Wednesday, “U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will object during the Electoral College certification process. Senator Hawley will object

On Monday during a CNN Town Hall, Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for the electoral college to be replaced by a national popular vote. (CNN)

The left argues that the electoral college is inherently undemocratic because it gives some votes more weight than others.

“That we even have to argue about whether a system in which candidates have

On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court disavowed decades of precedent when it struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions in two companion cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The UNC case was a 6-3 ruling, with all six of the High Court's GOP-appointed justices declaring that