Electoral College.
There's a pair of words you've maybe heard once or twice recently.
It votes next Monday, December 19, so this hour we'll take a long look at the idea, the history, the point, and the practice of (and some alternatives to) the Electoral College.
GUESTS:
- Akhil Reed Amar - Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and the author of The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era
- Michael Fotos - Lecturer at Yale and assistant professor in the Public Policy Graduate Program at Trinity College
- Barbara Gordon - One of this year's Connecticut electors
- Congressman Jim Himes - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut’s fourth Congressional District
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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.