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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 21

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dave Weigel

    The Founders hated drawn-out multi-month presidential election controversies so much, they amended the Constitution in 1804 to change the process after the first time they had one.https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1440373674062737419 …

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    Can anyone make a good argument - not just shouting "the founders!" and waving your arms around - why we need a drawn-out multi-month ceremony for certifying the election? https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1440368886226964481 …
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      1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 21

        The Twelfth & Twentieth Amendments are the two examples in our history of the people who made our Constitution - the original one, then the 18th Amendment - basically saying "my bad, we got that wrong."

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      2. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 Sep 21
        Replying to @baseballcrank @daveweigel

        Worth recalling that they expected the electors to exercise independent judgments, not to be a pro forma thing. There is a strong argument imho, given the changes since then, to make it all automatic.

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      3. Readjuster‏ @VAReadjuster89 Sep 21
        Replying to @brianros1 @baseballcrank @daveweigel

        And yet, none of those changes were ever codified into the constitution.

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      2. Your Canadian GirlFriend‏ @YourCanadianGF Sep 21
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        The technology has changed and the rules need to change to reflect it.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099MYXJ6J 

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      3. transcendentape‏ @transcendentape 19h19 hours ago
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        It doesn’t cost seven dollars to recognize a bad argument

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      1. William Turner‏ @wbtesq Sep 21
        Replying to @baseballcrank @daveweigel

        Much more uniform group with far fewer states, but there is clear precedent. The change was very minor as well. We also moved the inauguration date up quite a bit after the debacle of 1933.

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      1. Clayton‏ @ClaytonH52 Sep 21
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        I think it’s worth examining the constitutionality of the Electoral Count Act. The 12th amendment simply says the President of the Senate shall open all the certificates and then the votes will be counted. It says nothing of the sort that Congress has the authority to reject

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      1. Charlie J. Johnson‏ @Charliemagne Sep 21
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        The certification then wasn’t pro forma tho, with precinct-level results on CNN — electors were thought to be able to exercise independence from “the great beast”

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      1. Jake Walker‏ @Jake_W Sep 21
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        I think it would have been better to put the inauguration in early/mid-February and the certification a similar amount of time later in January, just to keep weirdness like the GA runoffs issue from happening and to give extra time for legit certification issues.

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