All Publications by Tara Ross
  • Executive Summary posted November 1, 2004 by Tara Ross Executive Summary:The Electoral College: Enlightened Democracy

    America's method of electing Presidents, colloquially referred to as the Electoral College, has come under fire in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election. That election was the first in more than 100 years to feature a discrepancy between the popular and electoral vote outcomes. Today's unenthusiastic views on the Electoral College…

  • Legal Memorandum posted November 1, 2004 by Tara Ross The Electoral College: Enlightened Democracy

    The mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system . . . which has escaped without severe censure. .…