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A Constitutional Accident Waiting to Happen

Amar, Akhil Reed
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In the category, Most Mistaken Part of the Current Constitution, I nominate the electoral college. The ingenious scheme of presidential selection set up by Article II and refined by the Twelfth Amendment was a brilliant eighteenth century invention that makes no sense today. Our system of selecting Presidents is a constitutional accident waiting to happen.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/5405