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THE SUPREME COURT TODAY ISSUED A
UNANIMOUS RULING IN AN IMPORTANT
CASE REGARDING THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE.
THE COURT RULED IT IS LEGAL FOR
STATES TO PUNISH ELECTORAL
COLLEGE MEMBERS WHO FAIL TO
FULFILL A PLEDGE TO VOTE FOR A
STATE'S POPULAR VOTE WINNER IN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
THE RULING SAID, IN PART THAT
STATES CAN TELL ELECTORS, QUOTE,
"THEY HAVE NO GROUND FOR
REVERSING THE VOTE OF MILLIONS
OF ITS CITIZENS. THAT DIRECTION
ACCORDS WITH THE CONSTITUTION -
AS WELL AS WITH THE TRUST OF A
NATION THAT HERE, WE THE PEOPLE
RULE," END QUOTE.
TEN OF THE NATION'S 538
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS WENT ROGUE
IN 20-16 -- ATTEMPTING TO VOTE
FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEIR
